in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, ¹ 

Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! ¹  Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! ² 

“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, ¹  because of the painful cries ²  of the needy, I will spring into action,” ³  says the Lord. “I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.” ⁴ 

You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears ¹  as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.