Bible in Basic English
"To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;"
— Isaiah 61:2, Bible in Basic English
“To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”
“to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; ”
“to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;”
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.
And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.