1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me
to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the
broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of
the prison to those who are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s
favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to
appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that
he may be glorified. 4 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 Strangers shall stand and feed your
flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers. 6 But
you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call you the
ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in
their glory shall you boast yourselves. 7 Instead of your shame
you shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall
rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double;
everlasting joy shall be to them. 8 For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate
robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I
will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their seed shall be known
among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them
shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with
the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings
forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to
spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth before all the nations.
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