Isa 61:10-11 | NETfull | STEP | I will greatly rejoice in the Lord ; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. 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.

Isaiah 61:10-11

10 I ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.} in the Lord;
I will be overjoyed because of my God. ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼ 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.}
11 For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance ^{▼▼ Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).} to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. ^{▼▼ Heb “and praise before all the nations.”}