Isa 61 | LEB | STEP | The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up ⌞the brokenhearted⌟ , to ⌞proclaim⌟ release to the captives and liberation to those who are bound,

Isaiah 61

The Year of Yahweh’s Favor

1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me,
because Yahweh has anointed me,
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up ⌞the brokenhearted⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “those broken of heart”}
to ⌞proclaim⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “call”} release to the captives
and liberation to those who are bound,
2 to ⌞proclaim⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “call”} the year of Yahweh’s favor,
and our God’s day of vengeance,
to comfort all those in mourning,
3 to ⌞give⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “place”} for those in mourning in Zion,
to give them a head wrap instead of ashes,
the oil of joy instead of mourning,
a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit.
And ⌞they will be called⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “it will be called to them”} oaks of righteousness,
the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.
4 And they shall build the ancient ruins,
they shall erect the former deserted places.
And they shall restore the ⌞devastated cities⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “cities of devastation”}
the deserted places of ⌞many generations⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “generation and generation”}
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, ^{▼▼Hebrew “flock”}
and ⌞foreigners⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “sons of a foreign country”} shall be your farmers and vinedressers.
6 But ^{▼▼Or “And”} you shall be called the priests of Yahweh,
⌞you will be called⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “it shall be said of you”} servers of our God.
You shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and you shall boast in their riches.
7 Instead of your shame, a double portion,
and instead of insult, they will rejoice over their portion.
Therefore they will take a double portion in their land;
⌞they shall possess everlasting joy⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “possession of joy everlasting shall be for them”}
8 For I, Yahweh, love justice,
hate robbery and ^{▼▼Or “in”} injustice,
and I will ⌞faithfully⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “in the faithfulness”} give their reward,
and I will ⌞make⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “cut”} an everlasting covenant ⌞with⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “to”} them.
9 And their descendants ^{▼▼Hebrew “descendant”} will be known among the nations,
and their offspring in the midst of the peoples.
All those who see them shall recognize them,
that they are descendants ^{▼▼Hebrew “descendant”} whom Yahweh has blessed.
10 I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh;
my being shall shout in exultation in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns himself with a head wrap like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewelry.
11 For as the earth ⌞produces⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “brings out”} its sprout,
and as a garden makes its plants sprout,
so the Lord Yahweh will make righteousness sprout,
and praise before all the nations.