Isa 61 | NASB2020 | STEP | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord anointed me To bring good news to the humble ; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners ;

Isaiah 61

Exaltation of the Afflicted

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

4 Then 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.
6 But 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 you will boast in their ^{▼▼Or glory}riches.
7 Instead 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.
8 For I, the Lord, ^zlove justice,
I hate robbery ^{▼▼Or with malice}in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their reward,
And make an ^abeverlasting covenant with them.
9 Then 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.

10 I will ^adrejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in ^aemy God;
For He has ^afclothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a groom puts on a turban,
And ^agas a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the ^ahearth produces 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.