Chapters
Isaiah (66 chapters)
Isaiah 61
1
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 broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all that mourn;
3
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.
4
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.
5
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6
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 you boast yourselves.
7
For your shame you 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.
8
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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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.