Isaiah 61:1-11 - The Year Of Yahweh's Favor
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because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;
and the day of our God’s vengeance;
to comfort
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.
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they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”
therefore, they will possess double in their land,
and eternal joy will be theirs.
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I hate robbery and injustice;
I will faithfully reward them
and make an everlasting covenant
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.
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I exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.
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