Isaiah 61 NKJV

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title="Isaiah 62">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/isaiah/61.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Good News of Salvation</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Isa-61-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“The Spirit of the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">God</span> <i>is</i> upon Me,</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">Because the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has anointed Me</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">To preach good tidings to the poor;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">He has sent Me to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>heal the brokenhearted,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">To proclaim liberty to the captives,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-1">And the opening of the prison to <i>those who are</i> bound;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To proclaim the acceptable year of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-2">And the day of vengeance of our God;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-2">To comfort all who mourn,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>console those who mourn in Zion,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-3">To give them beauty for ashes,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-3">The oil of joy for mourning,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-3">The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-3">That they may be called trees of righteousness,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-3">The planting of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, that He may be glorified.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And they shall rebuild the old ruins,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-4">They shall raise up the former desolations,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-4">And they shall repair the ruined cities,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-4">The desolations of many generations.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-5">And the sons of the foreigner</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-5"><i>Shall be</i> your plowmen and your vinedressers.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But you shall be named the priests of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-6">They shall call you the servants of our God.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-6">You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-6">And in their glory you shall boast.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Instead of your shame <i>you shall have</i> double <i>honor,</i></span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-7">And <i>instead of</i> confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-7">Therefore in their land they shall possess double;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-7">Everlasting joy shall be theirs.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“For I, the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, love justice;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-8">I hate robbery <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>for burnt offering;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-8">I will direct their work in truth,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-8">And will make with them an everlasting covenant.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-9">And their offspring among the people.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-9">All who see them shall acknowledge them,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-9">That they <i>are</i> the posterity <i>whom</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has blessed.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will greatly rejoice in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-10">My soul shall be joyful in my God;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-10">For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-10">He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-10">As a bridegroom decks <i>himself</i> with ornaments,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-10">And as a bride adorns <i>herself</i> with her jewels.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For as the earth brings forth its bud,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-11">As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-61-11">So the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">God</span> will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-18845a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 61:1">Isaiah 61:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>bind up</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-18847b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 61:3">Isaiah 61:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>appoint</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-18852c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 61:8">Isaiah 61:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>in</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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