13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the ﬁr tree, the plane tree and the larch together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet honourable.

14 And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall go unto thee, bowing down; and all they that scorned thee shall bow themselves to the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

10. ‘aliens’: see lvi. 3. ‘favour’: or, 'acceptance,' as ver. 7, and Iviii. 5.11. i.e. ‘that men may bring...wealth’ (or, strength).13. ‘ﬁr-tree’: or, ‘cypress.’14. ‘scorned,' or, 'reiected.

15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, and none passing through thee; I will set thee for an everlasting pride, a gladness of generation upon generation.

16 And thou shalt suck the milk of nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.

17 Instead of brass I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood brass, and instead of stones iron; and I will make thy government peace, and thine overseers righteousness.

18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders; and thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

19 The sun shall no more be thy light by day; and as for shining, the moon shall not give light to thee; and the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy beauty.

20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be fulfilled

21 And thy people shall be all of them righteous; they shall possess the land for ever; the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may beautify myself.

22 The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a strong nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

LXI. 1 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring glad tidings unto the afflicted; hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and opening of eyes to the bound:

15. Lit. ‘and I will..' ‘and’ prob. marking principal clause.17. Or, ‘I will set peace (for) thy government, and righteousness thine overseers21. Or, ‘possess the earth': ‘planting’: or, ‘plantation.’ Heb. text has 'his,' margin ‘my’ (??) (for). (??). Lit. ‘for beautifying22. Lit. ‘the small' (Heb. has no comp. or superl. forms) : ‘the little.1. ‘opening,’ generally of eyes, but perhaps here of the prison.

2 To proclaim a year of acceptance for the LORD, and a day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all mourners

3 To appoint for the mourners of Zion, to give unto them. a garland instead of ashes, the Oil of gladness instead Of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; and they shall be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may beautify himself.

4 And they shall build up ruins of old time; they shall raise up desolations of the ﬁrst days; and they shall restore ruined cities, desolations of generation upon generation.

5 And strangers shall stand and feed your ﬂocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 And ye shall be called the Priests of the LORD; men shall say of you, The Ministers of our God; ye shall eat the wealth of nations, and in their glory shall ye boast.

7 Instead of your shame, (ye shall have) twofold; and as for confusion, they shall sing of their portion; therefore in their land they shall possess twofold; everlasting joy shall be unto them

8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery with injustice; and I will give them their earnings with truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a seed which the LORD hath blessed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall exult in my God; for he hath put on me garments of salvation, he hath wrapped me in a cloke of righteousness, as a bridegroom putteth on priestly garland, and as a bride doth don her jewels.