Isaiah 61
61
1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.
2To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.
3To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, ‘Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah — to be beautified.’
4And they have built the wastes of old, The desolations of the ancients they raise up, And they have renewed waste cities, The desolations of generation and generation.
5And strangers have stood and fed your flock, Sons of a foreigner [are] your husbandmen, And your vine-dressers.
6And ye are called ‘Priests of Jehovah,’ ‘Ministers of our God,’ is said of you, The strength of nations ye consume, And in their honour ye do boast yourselves.
7Instead of your shame and confusion, A second time they sing of their portion, Therefore in their land A second time do they take possession, Joy age-during [is] for them.
8For I [am] Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them.
9And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they [are] a seed Jehovah hath blessed.
10I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.
11For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!
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Isaiah 61
61
Messiah’s Jubilee
1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,#Is 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; Lk 4:18–19
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.#Lk 7:22
He has sent me to heal#61:1 Lit bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;#Is 42:7; 49:9
2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,#Is 49:8
and the day of our God’s vengeance;#Is 2:12; 13:6; 34:2,8
to comfort#Is 40:1 all who mourn,
3to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,#Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9
and splendid clothes instead of despair.#61:3 Lit a dim spirit
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify him.#Is 60:21; Jr 17:7–8
4They will rebuild the ancient ruins;#Is 49:8; 58:12; Ezk 36:33; Am 9:14
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.#Is 14:2; 60:10
6But you will be called the Lord’s priests;#Ex 19:6; Is 66:21; 1Pt 2:5,9
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
7In place of your shame, you will have a double portion;#Is 54:4
in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share.
So they will possess double in their land,#Is 40:2; Zch 9:12
and eternal joy will be theirs.
8For I the Lord love justice;#Ps 11:7; Is 59:15
I hate robbery and injustice;#61:8 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering
I will faithfully reward my people
and make a permanent covenant#Is 24:5; 55:3 with them.
9Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.
10I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,#Is 49:18; 52:1; 59:17
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.#Rv 21:2
11For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.#Is 45:23–24; 60:18,21
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