(A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
    to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
    on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

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to say to the captives,(A) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(B) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(C)

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16 (A)And I will lead the blind
    in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
    I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
    (B)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
    and I do not forsake them.

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16 I will lead(A) the blind(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(E) them.

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    (A)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
    (B)from the prison those who sit in darkness.

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to open eyes that are blind,(A)
    to free(B) captives from prison(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(D)

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But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
    (F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,

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11 As for you also, because of (A)the blood of my covenant with you,
    (B)I will set your prisoners free from (C)the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O (D)prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that (E)I will restore to you double.

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11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant(A) with you,
    I will free your prisoners(B) from the waterless pit.(C)
12 Return to your fortress,(D) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(E) as much to you.

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The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

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]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

18 (A)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(B)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
    and the dry land springs of water.

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)

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[a] (A)The people (B)who walked in darkness
    have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of (C)deep darkness,
    on them has light shone.

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  1. Isaiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew

The people walking in darkness(A)
    have seen a great light;(B)
on those living in the land of deep darkness(C)
    a light has dawned.(D)

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20 to hear (A)the groans of the prisoners,
    to set free (B)those who were doomed to die,

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20 to hear the groans of the prisoners(A)
    and release those condemned to death.”

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33 For the Lord hears the needy
    and (A)does not despise his own people who are prisoners.

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33 The Lord hears the needy(A)
    and does not despise his captive people.

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For you are all (A)children[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then (B)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (C)keep awake and (D)be sober.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse

You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(B) but let us be awake(C) and sober.(D)

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13 He (A)has delivered us from (B)the domain of darkness and transferred us to (C)the kingdom of (D)his beloved Son,

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13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness(A) and brought us into the kingdom(B) of the Son he loves,(C)

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