Isa 61
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The Spirit of the Lord YHWH is upon me; because YHWH has anointed me to preach good
tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty
to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
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to proclaim the year of YHWH`s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort
all that mourn;
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to appoint to them that 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 YHWH, that he may be glorified.
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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.
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen
and your vine-dressers.
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But you shall be named the priests of YHWH; 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.
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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.
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For I, YHWH, 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.
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And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples;
all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which YHWH has blessed.
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I will greatly rejoice in YHWH, 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.
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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 YHWH will cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth before all the nations.