‏ Isaiah 61:10


10 I ▼
▼sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.
will greatly rejoice ▼
▼tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
in the Lord;
I will be overjoyed because of my God. ▼
▼tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”

For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;
he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. ▼
▼tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”

I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;
I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry. ▼
▼tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.
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