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The Book of Isaiah 61

61 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me,

because Yahweh has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the afflicted.

He has sent me to bind up the broken of heart,

to call out freedom to the captives,

and to the bound, liberation,

2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor,

and the day of vengeance of our God,

and to comfort all who mourn,

3 to grant mourners of Zion,

giving them a headdress instead of ashes,

oil of joy instead of mourning,

a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness,

and to call them oaks of righteousness,

the planting of Yahweh,

to show his glory.

4 And they will build up the ancient ruins;

they will restore the former desolations.

and they will rebuild the cities of desolation,

the ruins of generation upon generation.

5 And foreigners will stand and feed your flocks,

and sons of foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

6 And you will be called the priests of Yahweh;

it will be said of you, ‘servants of our God.’

The wealth of the nations you will eat,

and in their riches you will boast.

7 Instead of your shame, double;

and dishonor, they will rejoice over their share.

So of their land they will possess double,

everlasting joy will be theirs.

8 “For I am Yahweh,

loving justice, hating unjust robbery,

and I shall give their recompense in truth,

and I shall cut an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed will be known among the nations,

and their offspring among the peoples.

All who see them will acknowledge them,

that they are the seed whom Yahweh has blessed.”

10 I shall greatly rejoice in Yahweh;

my spirit will be glad in my God.

For he has dressed me with the garments of salvation;

with the robe of righteousness he has clothed me,

as a bridegroom embellishes himself with a turban,

and as a bride adorns herself with her ornaments.

11 For as the earth produces its sprouts,

and as the garden makes its sowing sprout,

so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise

to sprout up in front of all the nations.