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Isaiah Chapter 61

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Isaiah

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In this chapter the prophet announces that God will bring peace and joy to the people of Israel, restoring their former glory and making them a united and blessed community. He also promises that their joy will be like a bridegroom’s, reflecting the deep, lasting love of the Lord.

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(1) 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;
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Isaiah 11:2Isaiah 11:3Isaiah 11:4Isaiah 11:5Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 59:21Matthew 3:16Luke 4:18Luke 4:19John 1:32John 1:33John 3:34

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Luke 4:18Genesis 39:20II Samuel 18:20Romans 10:15Jeremiah 34:17

(2) 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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Leviticus 25:9Leviticus 25:10Leviticus 25:11Leviticus 25:12Leviticus 25:13Luke 4:19II Corinthians 6:2Isaiah 34:8Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 59:17Isaiah 59:18Isaiah 63:1

(3) 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.
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Isaiah 12:1Esther 4:1Esther 4:2Esther 4:3Esther 8:15Esther 9:22Psalms 30:11Ezekiel 16:8Ezekiel 16:9Ezekiel 16:10Ezekiel 16:11Ezekiel 16:12

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James 4:9Isaiah 51:11Leviticus 23:40I Chronicles 27:28II Chronicles 2:8Ezekiel 31:8

(4) 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.
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Isaiah 49:6Isaiah 49:7Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 58:12Ezekiel 36:23Ezekiel 36:24Ezekiel 36:25Ezekiel 36:26Ezekiel 36:33Ezekiel 36:34Ezekiel 36:35Ezekiel 36:36

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Isaiah 58:12Matthew 1:17Amos 9:11Ezekiel 16:55Ezra 9:9

(5) And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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Isaiah 14:1Isaiah 14:2Isaiah 60:10Isaiah 60:11Isaiah 60:12Isaiah 60:13Isaiah 60:14Ephesians 2:12Ephesians 2:13Ephesians 2:14Ephesians 2:15Ephesians 2:16

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Ezekiel 34:2

(6) But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
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Isaiah 60:17Isaiah 66:21Exodus 19:6Romans 12:1I Peter 2:5I Peter 2:9Revelation 1:6Revelation 5:10Revelation 20:6Ezekiel 14:11I Corinthians 3:5I Corinthians 4:1

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Romans 11:12Isaiah 8:9Joel 1:13

(7) For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
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Isaiah 40:2Deuteronomy 21:17II Kings 2:9Job 42:10Zechariah 9:12II Corinthians 4:17Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11Isaiah 60:19Isaiah 60:20Psalms 16:11Matthew 25:46

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Revelation 18:6Isaiah 9:3Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11Daniel 12:2Deuteronomy 21:17

(8) For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
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Psalms 11:7Psalms 33:5Psalms 37:28Psalms 45:7Psalms 99:4Jeremiah 9:24Zechariah 8:16Zechariah 8:17Isaiah 1:11Isaiah 1:12Isaiah 1:13I Samuel 15:21

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Luke 6:32Genesis 17:7Genesis 17:13Genesis 17:19Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3

(9) And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
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Isaiah 44:3Genesis 22:18Zechariah 8:13Romans 9:3Romans 9:4Isaiah 65:23Psalms 115:14Acts 3:26Romans 11:16Romans 11:17Romans 11:18Romans 11:19

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Genesis 28:14Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29

(10) I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
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Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11I Samuel 2:1Nehemiah 8:10Psalms 28:7Habakkuk 3:18Zechariah 10:7Luke 1:46Luke 1:47Romans 5:11Philippians 3:1Philippians 3:2

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John 3:29Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30Psalms 21:1Zechariah 9:9II Chronicles 6:41

(11) For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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Isaiah 55:10Isaiah 55:11Isaiah 58:11Song of Solomon 4:16Song of Solomon 5:1Matthew 13:3Matthew 13:8Matthew 13:23Mark 4:26Mark 4:27Mark 4:28Mark 4:29

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Isaiah 45:8Song of Solomon 4:12Isaiah 58:11Psalms 7:17Psalms 85:11Isaiah 58:8

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