Isaiah 61
1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to
preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the
prison] to them that are bound;
2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all that mourn;
3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for
ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many
generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your
plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers
of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye
boast yourselves.
7 Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they
shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess
double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give
them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with
them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the
peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which
Jehovah hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he
hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe
of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride
adorneth herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things
that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause
righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.