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Isaiah 61:2

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To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
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  1. Matthew 5:4Rank 1 from verse 2
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    4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

  2. Isaiah 34:8Rank 2 from verse 2
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    8For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

  3. Luke 4:19Rank 3 from verse 2
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    19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

  4. Isaiah 57:18Rank 4 from verse 2
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    18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

  5. 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17Rank 5 from verse 2
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    16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

    17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

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Isaiah 61:2

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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comfort

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Sense 1: Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress. Sense 2: To strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mourn

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Sense 1: To grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1THE 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;

2To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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3To 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.

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