2. acceptable year--the year of jubilee on which "liberty was
proclaimed to the captives"
(Isa 61:1;
2Co 6:2).
day of vengeance--The "acceptable time of grace" is a "year"; the
time of "vengeance" but "a day" (so
Isa 34:8; 63:4;
Mal 4:1).
Jesus
(Lu 4:20, 21)
"closed the book" before this clause; for the interval from His first
to His second coming is "the acceptable year"; the day of vengeance"
will not be till He comes again
(2Th 1:7-9).
our God--The saints call Him "our God"; for He cometh to "avenge"
them
(Re 6:10; 19:2).
all that mourn--The "all" seems to include the spiritual Israelite
mourners, as well as the literal, who are in
Isa 61:3
called "them that mourn in Zion," and to whom
Isa 57:18
refers.
JFB.
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