Isaiah 61
The Lord Will Anoint His Servant With His Spirit
1 The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is with mebecause the Lord has anointed meto deliver good news to humble people.He has sent meto heal those who are brokenhearted,to announce that captives will be set freeand prisoners will be released.2 He has sent meto announce the year of the Lord’s good willand the day of our God’s vengeance,to comfort all those who grieve.3 He has sent meto provide for all those who grieve in Zion,to give them crowns instead of ashes,the oil of joy instead of tears of grief,and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness.They will be called Oaks of Righteousness,the Plantings of the Lord,so that he might display his glory.4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins.They will restore the places destroyed long ago.They will renew the ruined cities, the places destroyed generations ago.5 Foreigners will come forward and become shepherds for your flocks,and children of foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.6 You will be called the priests of the Lord.You will be called the servants of our God.You will consume the wealth of the nations.You will boast in their splendor.7 You will receive a double measure of wealth instead of your shame.You will sing about your wealth instead of being disgraced.That is why you will have a double measure of wealth in your land.You will have everlasting joy.8 I, the Lord, love justice.I hate robbery and wrongdoing.I will faithfully reward my people’s work.I will make an everlasting promiset to them.9 Then their offspring will be known among the nationsand their descendants among the people.Everyone who sees them will recognizethat they are the descendants whom the Lord has blessed.10 I will find joy in the Lord.I will delight in my God.He has dressed me in the clothes of salvation.He has wrapped me in the robe of righteousnesslike a bridegroom with a priest’s turban,like a bride with her jewels.11 Like the ground that brings forth its cropsand like a garden that makes the seed in it grow,so the Almighty Lord will make righteousness and praisespring up in front of all nations.
Isaiah 61
1 The 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;2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, 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 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.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 foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.6 But 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.7 Instead 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.8 For 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.9 And 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.10 I 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.11 For 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.