The Book of Isaiah
61: 1The 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; 61:2to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 61:3to 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. 61:4And 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. 61:5And strangers shall
stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your
vine-dressers. 61:6But 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. 61:7Instead 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. 61:8For 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. 61:9And 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.
61:10I 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. 61:11For 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.