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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 61 contains 11 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.