Isaiah 61

^aThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;

Because the Lord ^bhath anointed me ^cto preach good tidings unto ^dthe meek;

He hath sent me ^eto bind up ^fthe broken-hearted,

^gTo proclaim liberty to the captives,

And ^hthe opening of the prison to them that are bound;

²ⁱTo proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,

And ^kthe day of vengeance of our God;

^lTo comfort all that mourn;

³To appoint unto ^lthem that mourn in Zion,

^mTo give unto them ⁿbeauty for ashes,

^oThe oil of joy for mourning,

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

That they might be called ^ptrees of righteousness,

^qThe planting of the Lord, ^qrthat he might be glorified.

⁴And ^sthey shall build the old wastes,

They shall raise up the former desolations,

And they shall repair the waste cities,

^tThe desolations of many generations.

⁵And ^ustrangers shall stand and feed your flocks,

And ^vthe sons of ^uthe alien shall be ^wyour plowmen and your vinedressers.

⁶But ^xye shall be named the Priests of the Lord:

Men shall call you the Ministers of our God:

^yYe shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,

And ^zin their glory shall you boast yourselves.

⁷For your shame ^ayou shall have double;

And for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion:

^bTherefore in their land ^athey shall possess the double:

Everlasting joy shall be unto them.

⁸For ^cI the Lord love judgment,

^dI hate robbery for burnt offering;

And I will direct their ^ework in truth,

And ^fI will make an everlasting covenant with them.

⁹And ^gtheir seed shall be known among the Gentiles,

And ^htheir offspring among the people:

All that see them shall acknowledge them,

ⁱThat they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

^10jI will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

My soul shall be joyful in my God;

For ^khe hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,

He hath covered me with ^lthe robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decketh himself with ^mornaments,

And ⁿas a bride ^oadorneth herself with her jewels.

¹¹For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,

And as the garden causeth ^pthe things that are sown in it to spring forth;

So the Lord God will cause ^qrighteousness and ^rpraise to spring forth

Before all the nations.

LXII.