| Isa. 61:1 |
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me, / Because Jehovah has anointed Me / To bring good news to the afflicted; / He has sent Me to bind up [the wounds] of the brokenhearted, / To proclaim liberty to the captives, / And the opening [of the eyes] to those who are bound; |
| Isa. 61:2 |
To proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah / And the day of vengeance of our God; / To comfort all who mourn; |
| Isa. 61:3 |
To grant to those who mourn in Zion, / To give to them a headdress instead of ashes, / The oil of gladness instead of mourning, / The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness; That they may be called the terebinths of righteousness, / The planting of Jehovah, that He may be glorified. |
| Isa. 61:4 |
And they will rebuild the ancient ruins; / They will raise up the former desolations; / And they will repair the cities of waste, / The desolations of generation upon generation. |
| Isa. 61:5 |
And strangers will stand and feed your flocks, / And the sons of the foreigner will be your plowmen and vinedressers. |
| Isa. 61:6 |
But you will be called the priests of Jehovah; / [People] will speak of you as the ministers of our God. / You will eat the wealth of nations, / And you will boast in their glory. |
| Isa. 61:7 |
Instead of your shame [there will be] a double [portion,] / And [instead] of humiliation they will give a ringing shout for their portion. / Therefore in their land they will possess double; / Eternal joy will be theirs. |
| Isa. 61:8 |
For I, Jehovah, love justice; / I hate robbery with wrong; / And I will faithfully give [them] their recompense, / And I will make an eternal covenant with them. |
| Isa. 61:9 |
Then their seed will be known among the nations, / And their offspring in the midst of the peoples; / All who see them will acknowledge them, / That they are the seed whom Jehovah has blessed. |
| Isa. 61:10 |
I will rejoice greatly in Jehovah, / My soul will exult in my God; / For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, / He has wrapped me with the robe of righteousness; / [I am] like a bridegroom who wears the headdress of the priest, / And like a bride who adorns herself with her jewels. |
| Isa. 61:11 |
For as the earth brings forth its sprout, / And as the garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, / So will the Lord Jehovah cause righteousness and praise / To spring up before all the nations. |