Isaiah 61:1-3

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The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit^(A) of the Sovereign Lord^(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed^(C) me
    to proclaim good news^(D) to the poor.^(E)
He has sent me to bind up^(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom^(G) for the captives^(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^(I)
    and the day of vengeance^(J) of our God,
to comfort^(K) all who mourn,^(L)
³    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown^(M) of beauty
    instead of ashes,^(N)
the oil^(O) of joy
    instead of mourning,^(P)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting^(Q) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.^(R)

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Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

Isaiah 64:6-8

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⁶All of us have become like one who is unclean,^(A)
    and all our righteous^(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,^(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.^(D)
⁷No one^(E) calls on your name^(F)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(G) your face from us
    and have given us over^(H) to^[a] our sins.

⁸Yet you, Lord, are our Father.^(I)
We are the clay, you are the potter;^(J)
we are all the work of your hand.^(K)

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Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of

2 Corinthians 4:6-10

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⁶For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^[a]^(A) made his light shine in our hearts^(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.^(C)

⁷But we have this treasure in jars of clay^(D) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God^(E) and not from us. ⁸We are hard pressed on every side,^(F) but not crushed; perplexed,^(G) but not in despair; ⁹persecuted,^(H) but not abandoned;^(I) struck down, but not destroyed.^(J) ¹⁰We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,^(K) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.^(L)