| Chapter 61
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1 | The Spirit of the
Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings
unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are
bound; |
2 | To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all that mourn; |
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| To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of
the LORD, that he might be glorified. |
4 | And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up
the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations
of many generations. |
5 |
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the
alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. |
6 | But ye shall be named the Priests
of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the
riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. |
7 | For your shame ye
shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be
unto them. |
8 | For
I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct
their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. |
9 | And their seed shall
be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see
them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath
blessed. |
10 | I
will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he
hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the
robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her jewels. |
11 | For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as
the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord
GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the
nations. |
