The Year of Yahweh’s Favor

• because Yahweh has anointed me,
• he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
  • to bind up[fn]
• to[fn] release to the captives
  • and liberation to those who are bound,
  • 2 [fn] the year of Yahweh’s favor, and our God’s day of vengeance,
• to comfort all those in mourning,
• 3 [fn] 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[fn] oaks of righteousness,
  • the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.
  • 4 the ancient ruins, they shall erect the former deserted places.
• And they shall restore the[fn]
  • the deserted places of[fn]
  • 5 [fn] and[fn] shall be your farmers and vinedressers.
  • 6 [fn] you shall be called the priests of Yahweh, [fn] servers of our God.
• You shall eat the wealth of the nations,
  • and you shall boast in their riches.
  • 7  and instead of insult, they will rejoice over their portion.
• Therefore they will take a double portion in their land;
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  • 8  hate robbery and[fn] injustice,
• and I will[fn] give their reward,
  • and I will[fn] an everlasting covenant [fn] them.
  • 9 [fn] 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[fn] whom Yahweh has blessed.
  • 10  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 [fn] its sprout, and as a garden makes its plants sprout,
• so the Lord Yahweh will make righteousness sprout,
  • and praise before all the nations.