Isaiah 61
11 verses
The prophet announces that the spirit of the Lord is upon him because the Lord has anointed him to bring good news to the poor and to bind up the brokenhearted. The oracle declares that the Lord has sent him to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of God. The passage promises that those who mourn will be given beauty for ashes and joy for mourning, establishing the theme of restoration and transformation. The oracle includes the promise that the righteous will be called "oaks of righteousness," establishing the solidity and strength of the redeemed community. The vision includes the promise that Zion will be known as a place of renewal and restoration where the Lord will display His righteousness and praise. The passage concludes with the promise that as the soil brings forth plants and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Lord will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all nations. Isaiah 61 demonstrates that the servant of the Lord is anointed to accomplish restoration and healing among the broken and the oppressed. The chapter establishes that divine purposes encompass the reversal of suffering and the transformation of mourning into joy.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
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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.
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
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For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
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For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
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And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
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I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, 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 ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
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For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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