Isaiah 14:3-6

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³On the day the Lord gives you relief^(A) from your suffering and turmoil^(B) and from the harsh labor forced on you,^(C) ⁴you will take up this taunt^(D) against the king of Babylon:^(E)

How the oppressor^(F) has come to an end!
    How his fury^[a] has ended!
⁵The Lord has broken the rod^(G) of the wicked,^(H)
    the scepter^(I) of the rulers,
⁶which in anger struck down peoples^(J)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(K) nations
    with relentless aggression.^(L)

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Notas al pie

Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

Isaiah 42:6-7

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⁶“I, the Lord, have called^(A) you in righteousness;^(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.^(C)
I will keep^(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant^(E) for the people
    and a light^(F) for the Gentiles,^(G)
⁷to open eyes that are blind,^(H)
    to free^(I) captives from prison^(J)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.^(K)

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Isaiah 49:8-9

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Restoration of Israel

⁸This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor^(A) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;^(B)
I will keep^(C) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,^(D)
to restore the land^(E)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,^(F)
⁹to say to the captives,^(G) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,^(H) ‘Be free!’

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

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Zechariah 9:11-12

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