The Good News of Salvation

61 “The aSpirit of the Lord God is upon Me,

Because the Lord bhas anointed Me

To preach good tidings to the poor;

He has sent Me cto 1heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim dliberty to the captives,

And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2 eTo proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,

And fthe day of vengeance of our God;

gTo comfort all who mourn,

3 To 2console those who mourn in Zion,

hTo give them beauty 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,

iThe planting of the Lord, jthat He may be glorified.”

4 And they shall krebuild the old ruins,

They shall raise up the former desolations,

And they shall repair the ruined cities,

The desolations of many generations.

5 lStrangers shall stand and feed your flocks,

And the sons of the foreigner

Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 mBut you shall be named the priests of the Lord,

They shall call you the servants of our God.

nYou shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,

And in their glory you shall boast.

7 oInstead of your shame you shall have double honor,

And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.

Therefore in their land they shall possess double;

Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8 “For pI, the Lord, love justice;

qI hate robbery 3for burnt offering;

I will direct their work in truth,

rAnd will make with them an everlasting covenant.

9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,

And their offspring among the people.

All who see them shall acknowledge them,

sThat they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

10 tI will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

My soul shall be joyful in my God;

For uHe has clothed me with the garments of salvation,

He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,

vAs a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,

As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,

So the Lord God will cause wrighteousness and xpraise to spring forth before all the nations.

Assurance of Zion’s Salvation

62 For Zion’s sake I will not 1hold My peace,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,

And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

2 aThe Gentiles shall see your righteousness,

And all bkings your glory.

cYou shall be called by a new name,

Which the mouth of the Lord will name.

3 You shall also be da crown of glory

In the hand of the Lord,

And a royal diadem

In the hand of your God.

4 eYou shall no longer be termed fForsaken, 2

Nor shall your land any more be termed gDesolate; 3

But you shall be called 4Hephzibah, and your land 5Beulah;

For the Lord delights in you,

And your land shall be married.

5 For as a young man marries a virgin,

So shall your sons marry you;

And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

hSo shall your God rejoice over you.

6 iI have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

They shall 6never hold their peace day or night.

You who 7make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,

7 And give Him no rest till He establishes

And till He makes Jerusalem ja praise in the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand

And by the arm of His strength:

“Surely I will no longer kgive your grain

As food for your enemies;

And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,

For which you have labored.

9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it,

And praise the Lord;

Those who have brought it together shall drink it lin My holy courts.”

10 Go through,

Go through the gates!

mPrepare the way for the people;

Build up,

Build up the highway!

Take out the stones,

nLift up a banner for the peoples!

11 Indeed the Lord has proclaimed

To the end of the world:

o“Say to the daughter of Zion,

‘Surely your salvation is coming;

Behold, His preward is with Him,

And His 8work before Him.’ ”

12 And they shall call them The Holy People,

The Redeemed of the Lord;

And you shall be called Sought Out,

A City Not Forsaken.

The Lord In Judgment and Salvation

63 Who is this who comes from Edom,

With dyed garments from Bozrah,

This One who is 1glorious in His apparel,

Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—

“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

2 Why ais Your apparel red,

And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?

3 “I have btrodden the winepress alone,

And from the peoples no one was with Me.

For I have trodden them in My anger,

And trampled them in My fury;

Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,

And I have stained all My robes.

4 For the cday of vengeance is in My heart,

And the year of My redeemed has come.

5 dI looked, but ethere was no one to help,

And I wondered

That there was no one to uphold;

Therefore My own farm brought salvation for Me;

And My own fury, it sustained Me.

6 I have trodden down the peoples in My anger,

Made them drunk in My fury,

And brought down their strength to the earth.”

God’s Mercy Remembered

7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord

And the praises of the Lord,

According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us,

And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,

Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies,

According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.

8 For He said, “Surely they are My people,

Children who will not lie.”

So He became their Savior.

9 gIn all their affliction He was 2afflicted,

hAnd the Angel of His Presence saved them;

iIn His love and in His pity He redeemed them;

And jHe bore them and carried them

All the days of old.

10 But they krebelled and lgrieved His Holy Spirit;

mSo He turned Himself against them as an enemy,

And He fought against them.

11 Then he nremembered the days of old,

Moses and his people, saying:

“Where is He who obrought them up out of the sea

With the 3shepherd of His flock?

pWhere is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,

12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses,

qWith His glorious arm,

rDividing the water before them

To make for Himself an everlasting name,

13 sWho led them through the deep,

As a horse in the wilderness,

That they might not stumble?”

14 As a beast goes down into the valley,

And the Spirit of the Lord causes him to rest,

So You lead Your people,

tTo make Yourself a glorious name.

A Prayer of Penitence

15 uLook down from heaven,

And see vfrom Your habitation, holy and glorious.

Where are Your zeal and Your strength,

The yearning wof Your heart and Your mercies toward me?

Are they restrained?

16 xDoubtless You are our Father,

Though Abraham ywas ignorant of us,

And Israel does not acknowledge us.

You, O Lord, are our Father;

Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

17 O Lord, why have You zmade us stray from Your ways,

And hardened our heart from Your fear?

Return for Your servants’ sake,

The tribes of Your inheritance.

18 aYour holy people have possessed it but a little while;

bOur adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.

19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,

Those who were never called by Your name.

64 Oh, that You would 1rend the heavens!

That You would come down!

That the mountains might shake at Your apresence—

2 As fire burns brushwood,

As fire causes water to boil—

To make Your name known to Your adversaries,

That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

3 When bYou did awesome things for which we did not look,

You came down,

The mountains shook at Your presence.

4 For since the beginning of the world

cMen have not heard nor perceived by the ear,

Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,

Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,

Who remembers You in Your ways.

You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—

dIn these ways we continue;

And we need to be saved.

6 But we are all like an unclean thing,

And all eour righteousnesses are like 2filthy rags;

We all ffade as a leaf,

And our iniquities, like the wind,

Have taken us away.

7 And there is no one who calls on Your name,

Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;

For You have hidden Your face from us,

And have 3consumed us because of our iniquities.

8 But now, O Lord,

You are our Father;

We are the clay, and You our gpotter;

And all we are the work of Your hand.

9 Do not be furious, O Lord,

Nor remember iniquity forever;

Indeed, please look—we all are Your people!

10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,

Zion is a wilderness,

Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and beautiful 4temple,

Where our fathers praised You,

Is burned up with fire;

And all hour pleasant things 5are laid waste.

12 iWill You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?

jWill You 6hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?

The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

65 “I was asought by those who did not ask for Me;

I was found by those who did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’

To a nation that bwas not called by My name.

2 cI have stretched out My hands all day long to a drebellious people,

Who ewalk in a way that is not good,

According to their own thoughts;

3 A people fwho provoke Me to anger continually to My face;

gWho sacrifice in gardens,

And burn incense on altars of brick;

4 hWho sit among the graves,

And spend the night in the tombs;

iWho eat swine’s flesh,

And the broth of 1abominable things is in their vessels;

5 jWho say, ‘Keep to yourself,

Do not come near me,

For I am holier than you!’

These 2are smoke in My nostrils,

A fire that burns all the day.

6 “Behold, kit is written before Me:

lI will not keep silence, mbut will repay—

Even repay into their bosom—

7 Your iniquities and nthe iniquities of your fathers together,”

Says the Lord,

o“Who have burned incense on the mountains

pAnd blasphemed Me on the hills;

Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

8 Thus says the Lord:

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,

For qa blessing is in it,’

So will I do for My servants’ sake,

That I may not destroy them rall.

9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

And from Judah an heir of My mountains;

My select shall inherit it,

And My servants shall dwell there.

10 tSharon shall be a fold of flocks,

And uthe Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,

For My people who have vsought Me.

11 “But you are those who forsake the Lord,

Who forget wMy holy mountain,

Who