and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”
To announce a year of favor from the Lord and a day of vindication by our God; To comfort all who mourn;
For a day of vindication was in my heart, my year for redeeming had come.
saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
Working together, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
When the Israelites celebrate the jubilee year, the heritage of these women will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry and their heritage will be withdrawn from that of our ancestral tribe.”
Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased. Upon him I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations.