Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
acceptable year—the year of jubilee on which "liberty was proclaimed to the captives" (Isaiah 61:1 II Corinthians 6:2).
day of vengeance—The "acceptable time of grace" is a "year"; the time of "vengeance" but "a day" (so Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 63:4; Malachi 4:1). Jesus (Luke 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 (II Thessalonians 1:7-9).
our God—The saints call Him "our God"; for He cometh to "avenge" them (Revelation 6:10; Revelation 19:2).
all that mourn—The "all" seems to include the spiritual Israelite mourners, as well as the literal, who are in Isaiah 61:3 called "them that mourn in Zion," and to whom Isaiah 57:18 refers.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 61:2:
Job 29:25
Isaiah 34:8
Isaiah 42:3
Isaiah 42:7
Isaiah 49:8
Isaiah 57:18
Isaiah 60:22
Isaiah 61:1
Isaiah 61:1
Isaiah 63:4
Ezekiel 46:16-18
Matthew 5:4
1 Thessalonians 2:3
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