Messiah’s Jubilee
61 The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,(A)
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.(B)
He has sent me to heal[a] the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;(C)
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,(D)
and the day of our God’s vengeance;(E)
to comfort(F) all who mourn,
3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,(G)
and splendid clothes instead of despair.[b]
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify him.(H)
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins;(I)
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.(J)
6 But you will be called the Lord’s priests;(K)
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
7 In place of your shame, you will have a double portion;(L)
in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share.
So they will possess double in their land,(M)
and eternal joy will be theirs.
8 For I the Lord love justice;(N)
I hate robbery and injustice;[c]
I will faithfully reward my people
and make a permanent covenant(O) with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.
10 I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,(P)
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(Q)
11 For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.(R)
Footnotes
- 61:1 Lit bind up
- 61:3 Lit a dim spirit
- 61:8 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering
Cross references
- 61:1–2 : Is 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; Lk 4:18–19
- 61:1 : Lk 7:22
- 61:1 : Is 42:7; 49:9
- 61:2 : Is 49:8
- 61:2 : Is 2:12; 13:6; 34:2,8
- 61:2 : Is 40:1
- 61:3 : Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9
- 61:3 : Is 60:21; Jr 17:7–8
- 61:4 : Is 49:8; 58:12; Ezk 36:33; Am 9:14
- 61:5 : Is 14:2; 60:10
- 61:6 : Ex 19:6; Is 66:21; 1Pt 2:5,9
- 61:7 : Is 54:4
- 61:7 : Is 40:2; Zch 9:12
- 61:8 : Ps 11:7; Is 59:15
- 61:8 : Is 24:5; 55:3
- 61:10 : Is 49:18; 52:1; 59:17
- 61:10 : Rv 21:2
- 61:11 : Is 45:23–24; 60:18,21