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to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
    to comfort all who mourn,

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To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] [a]and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,(A)

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  1. Isaiah 61:2 See footnote on Ezek. 34:28.

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(A)
    and the day of vengeance(B) of our God,
to comfort(C) all who mourn,(D)

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for he says,

“At an acceptable time I listened to you.
In a day of salvation I helped you.”Isaiah 49:8

Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

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For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation!(A)

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For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a](A)

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8

19     and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”Isaiah 61:1-2

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19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day [a]when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound].(A)

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  1. Luke 4:19 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

19     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a](A)

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  1. Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today if you will hear his voice,

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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice,

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Warning Against Unbelief

So, as the Holy Spirit says:(A)

“Today, if you hear his voice,

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13 but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

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13 But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him].

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13 But encourage one another daily,(A) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(B)

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he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said),

“Today if you will hear his voice,
    don’t harden your hearts.”Psalm 95:7-8

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Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts.(A)

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God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:7 Psalm 95:7,8