a Is 11:2; 48:16; Luke 4:18
c Matt 11:5; Luke 7:22
e Is 11:4; 29:19; 32:7
f Is 57:15
g Is 42:7; 49:9
i Is 49:8; 60:10
j Is 2:12; 13:6; 34:2, 8
k Is 57:18; Jer 31:13; Matt 5:4
l Is 60:20
m Ps 23:5; 45:7; 104:15
o Is 60:21; Jer 17:7, 8
p Is 49:8; 58:12; Ezek 36:33; Amos 9:14
q Is 14:2; 60:10
s Is 66:21
t Is 56:6
u Is 60:5, 11
w Is 54:4
x Is 40:2; Zech 9:12
y Ps 16:11
z Is 5:16; 28:17; 30:18
ab Gen 17:7; Ps 105:10; Is 55:3; Jer 32:40
ac Is 44:3
ad Is 12:1, 2; 25:9; 41:16; 51:3
ae Is 49:4
af Is 49:18; 52:1
ag Rev 21:2
ah Is 4:2; 55:10
aj Is 45:23, 24; 60:18, 21
ak Ps 72:3; 85:11

Isaiah 61

Exaltation of the Afflicted

1The aSpirit of the Lord ▼
▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To cbring good news to the ▼
▼ Or humble
 , eafflicted;
He has sent me to fbind up the brokenhearted,
To gproclaim liberty to captives
And ▼
▼ Lit opening to those who are bound
freedom to prisoners;
 2To iproclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the jday of vengeance of our God;
To kcomfort all who mourn,
 3To lgrant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The moil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called ▼
▼ Or terebinths
 , ooaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

 4Then they will prebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
 5 qStrangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ▼
▼ Lit sons of the foreigner
foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
 6But you will be called the spriests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as tministers of our God.
You will eat the uwealth of nations,
And in their ▼
▼ Or glory
riches you will boast.
 7Instead of your wshame you will have a xdouble portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
yEverlasting joy will be theirs.
 8For I, the Lord, zlove justice,
I hate robbery ▼
▼ Or with iniquity
in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their recompense
And make an abeverlasting covenant with them.
 9Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the acoffspring whom the Lord has blessed.

 10I will adrejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in aemy God;
For He has afclothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And agas a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
 11For as the ahearth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord ▼
▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
God will ajcause akrighteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.
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