To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe to which they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong unto your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes.
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain.
