| 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath 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; 2 to proclaim the year of
Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that
mourn; 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto 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 Jehovah, that he may 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 foreigners shall be your plowmen and
your vine-dressers. 6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men
shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the
nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7 Instead of your
shame ye 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 unto them. 8 For I, Jehovah, 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 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 Jehovah hath
blessed. 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 11 For as
the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that
are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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