King James Version
Isaiah 61:2 in the King James Version says “To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 61 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”
Isaiah 61:2 · KJV
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To proclaim”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“to comfort”
H5162properly, to sigh, i.e., breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e., (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavo
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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