Isaiah 61

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.

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