Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

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 overseers)[*](21. Or, ‘possess the earth': ‘planting’: or, ‘plantation.’ Heb. text has 'his,' margin ‘my’ (??) (for). (??). Lit. ‘for beautifying)[*](22. Lit. ‘the small' (Heb. has no comp. or superl. forms) : ‘the little.)[*](1. ‘opening,’ generally of eyes, but perhaps here of the prison.)
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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. 21)[*](6. ‘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 burnt)[*](10. Heb. repeats verb, 'rejoice,' for emphasis.)
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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.