Chapter 61

1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,

because the Lord has anointed me

to bring good tidings to the afflicted;m

he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and the opening of the prisonn to those who are bound;

2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,

and the day of vengeance of our God;

to comfort all who mourn;

3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—

to give them a garland instead of ashes,

the oil of gladness instead of mourning,

the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit;

that they may be called oaks of righteousness,

the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.

4 They shall build up the ancient ruins,

they shall raise up the former devastations;

they shall repair the ruined cities,

the devastations of many generations.

5 Aliens shall stand and feed your flocks,

foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;

6 but you shall be called the priests of the Lord,

men shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;

you shall eat the wealth of the nations,

and in their riches you shall glory.

7 Instead of your shame you shall have a double portion,

instead of dishonor youo shall rejoice in yourp lot;

therefore in yourp land youo shall possess a double portion;

yoursq shall be everlasting joy.

8 For I the Lord love justice,

I hate robbery and wrong;r

I will faithfully give them their recompense,

and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Their descendants shall be known among the nations,

and their offspring in the midst of the peoples;

all who see them shall acknowledge them,

that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

my soul shall exult 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 shoots,

and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,

so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise

to spring forth before all the nations.

Chapter 62

1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

until her vindication goes forth as brightness,

and her salvation as a burning torch.

2 The nations shall see your vindication,

and all the kings your glory;

and you shall be called by a new name

which the mouth of the Lord will give.

3 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,s

and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;t

but you shall be called My delight is in her,u

and your land Married;*

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,

so shall your God rejoice over you.

6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,

I have set watchmen;

all the day and all the night

they shall never be silent.

You who put the Lord in remembrance,

take no rest,

7 and give him no rest

until he establishes Jerusalem

and makes it a praise in the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

“I will not again give your grain

to be food for your enemies,

and foreigners shall not drink your wine

for which you have labored;

9 but those who garner it shall eat it

and praise the Lord,

and those who gather it shall drink it

in the courts of my sanctuary.”

10 Go through, go through the gates,

prepare the way for the people;

build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones,

lift up an ensign over the peoples.

11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed

to the end of the earth:

Say to the daughter of Zion,

“Behold, your salvation comes;

behold, his reward is with him,

and his recompense before him.”

12 And they shall be called The holy people,

The redeemed of the Lord;

and you shall be called Sought out,

a city not forsaken.

Chapter 63

1 Who is this that comes from Edom,

in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,

he that is glorious in his apparel,

marching in the greatness of his strength?

“It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”

2 Why is thy apparel red,

and thy garments like his that treads in the wine press?

3 “I have trodden the wine press alone,

and from the peoples no one was with me;

I trod them in my anger

and trampled them in my wrath;

their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments,

and I have stained all my raiment.

4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart,

and my year of redemptionw has come.

5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;

so my own arm brought me victory, and my wrath upheld me.

6 I trod down the peoples in my anger,

I made them drunk in my wrath,

and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,

the praises of the Lord,

according to all that the Lord has granted us,

and the great goodness to the house of Israel

which he has granted them according to his mercy,

according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

8 For he said, Surely they are my people,

sons who will not deal falsely;

and he became their Savior.

9 In all their affliction he was afflicted,*

and the angel of his presence saved them;

in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;

he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

10 But they rebelled

and grieved his holy Spirit;

therefore he turned to be their enemy,

and himself fought against them.

11 Then he remembered the days of old,

of Moses his servant.

Where is he who brought up out of the sea

the shepherds of his flock?

Where is he who put in the midst of them

his holy Spirit,

12 who caused his glorious arm

to go at the right hand of Moses,

who divided the waters before them

to make for himself an everlasting name,

13 who led them through the depths?

Like a horse in the desert,

they did not stumble.

14 Like cattle that go down into the valley,

the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.

So thou didst lead thy people,

to make for thyself a glorious name.

15 Look down from heaven and see,

from thy holy and glorious habitation.

Where are thy zeal and thy might?

The yearning of thy heart and thy compassion

are withheld from me.

16 For thou art our Father,

though Abraham does not know us

and Israel does not acknowledge us;

thou, O Lord, art our Father,

our Redeemer from of old is thy name.

17 O Lord, why dost thou make us err from thy ways

and harden our heart,

so that we fear thee not?

Return for the sake of thy servants,

the tribes of thy heritage.

18 Thy holy people possessed thy sanctuary a little while;

our adversaries have trodden it down.

19 We have become like those over whom thou hast never ruled,

like those who are not called by thy name.