say(A) to those with fearful hearts,(B)
    “Be strong, do not fear;(C)
your God will come,(D)
    he will come with vengeance;(E)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save(F) you.”

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened(G)
    and the ears of the deaf(H) unstopped.
Then will the lame(I) leap like a deer,(J)
    and the mute tongue(K) shout for joy.(L)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams(M) in the desert.

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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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Israel Blind and Deaf

18 “Hear, you deaf;(A)
    look, you blind, and see!

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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]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

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