Isaiah:61

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* The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me , because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted , to proclaim liberty to the captives , and opening of the prison to them that are bound ; * to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah , and the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all that mourn ; * to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion , that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes , the oil of joy instead of mourning , the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness : that they might be called terebinths of righteousness , the planting of Jehovah , that he may be glorified . * And they shall build the old wastes , they shall raise up the former desolations , and they shall repair the waste cities , the places desolate from generation to generation . * And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks , and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers . * But as for you , ye shall be called priests of Jehovah ; it shall be said of you : Ministers of our God . Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations , and into their glory shall ye enter . * Instead of your shame [ye shall have ] double ; instead of confusion they shall celebrate with joy their portion : therefore in their land they shall possess the double ; everlasting joy shall be unto them . * For I , Jehovah , love judgment , I hate robbery with wrong ; and I will give their recompence in truth , and I will make an everlasting covenant with them . * 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 that Jehovah hath blessed . * I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah , my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation , he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness , as a bridegroom decketh himself with the priestly turban , and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels . * For as the earth bringeth forth her bud , and as a garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth , so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations .

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