a strong nation; I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.
061:001 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed
me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind
up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening [of the prison] to those who are bound;
061:002 to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
061:003 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them
a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment
of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be
called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh,
that he may be glorified.
061:004 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.
061:005 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners
shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
061:006 But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call
you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth
of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
061:007 Instead of your shame [you shall have] double; and instead
of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in their land they shall possess double;
everlasting joy shall be to them.
061:008 For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity;
and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will
make an everlasting covenant with them.
061:009 Their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring
among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them,
that they are the seed which Yahweh has blessed.
061:010 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful 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 a garland, and as a bride adorns herself
with her jewels.
061:011 For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden
causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise
to spring forth before all the nations.
062:001 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake
I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness,
and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
062:002 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory,
and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth
of Yahweh shall name.
062:003 You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
062:004 You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land
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