OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 61:2

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

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Verse 2. Year of Jubilee, (Jeremiah 25:11) when the Jews should be delivered, as a figure of Christ’s redemption.—Vengeance, when the Chaldees, and so forth should perish, ( Calmet.) and all obstinate sinners, at the day of judgment. Bible.

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