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<p class="indent2">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, <p class="indent2">To proclaim release to captives <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>freedom to prisoners, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>To proclaim the favorable year of Yahweh <p class="indent2">And the day of vengeance of our God, <p class="indent2">To comfort all who mourn, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To grant those who mourn <i>in</i> Zion, <p class="indent2">Giving them a headdress instead of ashes, <p class="indent2">The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning, <p class="indent2">The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. <p class="indent2">So they will be called <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>oaks of righteousness, <p class="indent2">The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then they will rebuild the ancient waste places; <p class="indent2">They will raise up the former desolations; <p class="indent2">And they will make new the ruined cities, <p class="indent2">The desolations from generation to generation. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But you will be called the priests of Yahweh; <p class="indent2">You will be spoken of <i>as</i> ministers of our God. <p class="indent2">You will eat the wealth of nations, <p class="indent2">And in their glories you will boast. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Instead of your shame <i>you will have a</i> double <i>portion</i>, <p class="indent2">And <i>instead of</i> dishonor they will shout for joy over their portion. <p class="indent2">Therefore they will possess a double <i>portion</i> in their land; <p class="indent2">Everlasting gladness will be theirs. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For I, Yahweh, love justice, <p class="indent2">I hate robbery <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in the burnt offering; <p class="indent2">And in truth I will give them their recompense <p class="indent2">And cut an everlasting covenant with them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then their seed will be known among the nations, <p class="indent2">And their offspring in the midst of the peoples. <p class="indent2">All who see them will recognize them <p class="indent2">Because they are the seed <i>whom</i> Yahweh has blessed. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; <p class="indent2">My soul will rejoice in my God, <p class="indent2">For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, <p class="indent2">He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, <p class="indent2">As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress, <p class="indent2">And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For as the earth brings forth its branches, <p class="indent2">And as a garden causes the things sown in it to branch out, <p class="indent2">So Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise <p class="indent2">To branch out before all the nations.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>humble</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>opening to those who are bound</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>terebinths</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>sons of the foreigner</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>with iniquity</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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