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.

2. Or, ‘of our God.3. ‘garland’ or, 'diadem,’ and so ver. 10. ‘faint’: word rendered 'dimly burning,' xlii. a. Lit. ‘it shall be called to them, oaks...' ἃς. ‘planting’: or, ‘plantation,' cf. lx. 216. ‘wealth’: or, ‘strength.’ ‘shall ye boast’: or, ‘and to their glory shall ye succeed.8. ‘injustice’: so some MSS., and many authorities. Usual Heb. text, Vulg. c. point it differently as ‘a burnt10. Heb. repeats verb, 'rejoice,' for emphasis.

11 For as the earth which putteth forth her sprout, and as a garden which causeth its plants to sprout, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout forth before all the nations.