The Year of the LORD’s Favor
(Luke 4:16–30)
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, Luk 4:18-19Luk 7:22Isa 42:7Mat 11:5Psa 147:3Isa 42:1Zec 9:11-12Act 10:38
because the LORD has anointed Me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners, 1
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor 2 Mat 5:4Isa 34:8Luk 4:19Isa 57:182Th 2:16-17Jhn 16:20-221Th 2:16Isa 25:8
and the day of our God’s vengeance,
to comfort all who mourn,
to console the mourners in Zion— Psa 30:11Jer 17:7-8Jhn 16:20Isa 61:10Psa 45:7Ecc 9:81Pe 2:9Isa 60:20-21
to give them a crown of beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning,
and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; Isa 58:12Amo 9:14-15Ezk 36:33-36Ezk 36:23-26Isa 49:6-8
they will restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the desolations of many generations.
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, Isa 60:10-14Isa 14:1-2Eph 2:12-20
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; Exo 19:61Pe 2:51Pe 2:9Isa 60:5-7Isa 66:21Rev 5:102Co 11:23Rev 20:6
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will feed on the wealth of nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, Job 42:10Zec 9:12Isa 40:2Isa 60:19-20Psa 16:112Ki 2:9Isa 51:112Co 4:17
and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share;
and so they will inherit a double portion in their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.
For I, the LORD, love justice; Psa 11:7Jer 9:24Zec 8:16-17Gen 17:7Isa 55:3Jer 32:40Psa 25:8-12Psa 37:28
I hate robbery and iniquity;
in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Their descendants will be known among the nations, Isa 44:3Psa 115:14Act 3:26Gen 22:18Isa 65:23Rom 9:3-4Zec 8:13Rom 11:16-24
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, Rev 19:7-8Php 3:9Psa 132:9Psa 132:16Rev 21:2Isa 49:18Rev 7:9-14Rom 14:17
my soul will exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress,
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth brings forth its growth, 1Pe 2:9Isa 58:11Mrk 4:26-32Isa 55:10-11Isa 45:8Isa 62:1Isa 62:7Psa 85:11
and as a garden enables seed to spring up,
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.