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href="../isaiah/60.htm" title="Isaiah 60">◄</a> Isaiah 61 <a href="../isaiah/62.htm" 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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/isaiah/61.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Year of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s Favor</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The Spirit of the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span> is upon me,</span><br /><span class="indent">because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has anointed me</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to bring good news to the poor;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or afflicted">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to proclaim liberty to the captives,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to proclaim the year of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s favor,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the day of vengeance of our God;</span><br /><span class="indent">to comfort all who mourn;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">to grant to those who mourn in Zion—</span><br /><span class="indent">to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the oil of gladness instead of mourning,</span><br /><span class="indent">the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that they may be called oaks of righteousness,</span><br /><span class="indent">the planting of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, that he may be glorified.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or that he may display his beauty">c</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They shall build up the ancient ruins;</span><br /><span class="indent">they shall raise up the former devastations;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they shall repair the ruined cities,</span><br /><span class="indent">the devastations of many generations.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;</span><br /><span class="indent">foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">but you shall be called the priests of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you shall eat the wealth of the nations,</span><br /><span class="indent">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><span class="ln-group">Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;</span><br /><span class="indent">instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;</span><br /><span class="indent">they shall have everlasting joy.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> love justice;</span><br /><span class="indent">I hate robbery and wrong;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or robbery with a burnt offering">d</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will faithfully give them their recompense,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Their offspring shall be known among the nations,</span><br /><span class="indent">and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">all who see them shall acknowledge them,</span><br /><span class="indent">that they are an offspring the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has blessed.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will greatly rejoice in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">my soul shall exult in my God,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,</span><br /><span class="indent">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/61-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,</span><br /><span class="indent">and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">so the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span> will cause righteousness and praise</span><br /><span class="indent">to sprout up before all the nations.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>afflicted</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i class="catch-word">the opening</i> [of the eyes] <i>to those who are blind</i>; Septuagint <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> recovery of sight to the blind</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">that he may</span> display his beauty</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">robbery</span> with a burnt offering</i><br 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