Isaiah 61

1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

3 to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.

5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

7 Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

8 For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.

10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, 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 beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might 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 the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: [men] shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

7 For your shame [ye shall have] double; and [for] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed [which] the LORD hath blessed.

10 ¶ I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, 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 ornaments, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

1 The Spirit of the LORD the LORD is upon me; therefore the LORD hath anointed me. He hath sent me to preach to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and an opening to them that are bound,

2 To preach a gracious year of the Lord, and a day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourn,

3 To make ready for the mourners of Zion, to give them ornaments for ashes, and the oil of gladness for mourning, and fair raiment for a sorrowful spirit; to call them trees of righteousness, plants of the LORD, to praise.

4 They shall build up the old desolations, and raise up the things that were destroyed before: they shall renew the cities that were laid desolate, which were in ruins for ever.

5 Foreigners shall stand and feed your flock, and foreigners shall be your husbandmen and your husbandmen.

6 But ye shall be called priests of the LORD, and shall be called the servants of our God: and ye shall eat the goods of the Gentiles, and boast of their glory.

7 For your reproach shall come in twain, and for shame shall they rejoice in their fields. For they shall possess double things in their land; they shall have everlasting joy.

8 For I am the LORD, which love righteousness, and hate a spoiled burnt offering: and I will make their work sure, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the heathen, and their seed among the nations: that whosoever shall see them shall know them, that they are a seed blessed of the LORD,

10 I rejoice in the LORD, and my soul is glad in my God: for he hath clothed me with garments of salvation, and with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorned with priestly ornaments, and as a bride girdeth herself in her apparel.

11 For as the herb groweth up out of the earth, and as the seed cometh up in the garden, so shall righteousness and praise spring up out of the Lord GOD in the sight of all nations.