Isaiah 63:4
For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
BSB
ASV
For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
KJV
For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
1103. For the day of vengeance. Here he goes through the entire order of the matter. And first, he sets out the suitableness of the time: vengeance, as to the demons; redemption, as to the just, whose recompense had been delayed until then, above: it …
"Now that the year of my redeemed has come, Lo, I come; delay shall be no longer. Now will I arise, saith the Lord. Now thou shalt see what I will do to Pharaoh. " Note, The promised salvation must be patiently waited for till the time appointed comes; yet we must attend the promises with our prayers.
For the day of vengeance - (See the notes at Isa 34:8). And the year of my redeemed is come - The year when my people are to be redeemed. It is a year when their foes are all to be destroyed, and when their entire liberty is to be effected.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
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Isaiah 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
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Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I…