Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

LXI. 1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring glad tidings unto the afflicted; hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and opening of eyes to the bound:

[*](15. Lit. ‘and I will..' ‘and’ prob. marking principal clause.)[*](17. Or, ‘I will set peace (for) thy government, and righteousness thine overseers)[*](21. Or, ‘possess the earth': ‘planting’: or, ‘plantation.’ Heb. text has 'his,' margin ‘my’ (??) (for). (??). Lit. ‘for beautifying)[*](22. Lit. ‘the small' (Heb. has no comp. or superl. forms) : ‘the little.)[*](1. ‘opening,’ generally of eyes, but perhaps here of the prison.)

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2 To proclaim a year of acceptance for the LORD, and a day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all mourners