The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 61 Salvation is proclaimed

 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 61

Salvation is proclaimed

1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, and 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 will tend your flocks; foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

6 But you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God; you will feed on the abundance of the nations, and in their glory you will boast.

7 Because of your double shame and disgrace, they will rejoice in their portion; therefore in their land they will possess double, and they will have everlasting joy.

8 For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate wickedness. I will reward them in truth and make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.