Isaiah:61

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* The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me , because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the meek . He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted , to proclaim liberty to captives , and complete opening to the bound ones ; * to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah , and the day of vengeance of our God ; to comfort all who mourn ; * to appoint to those who mourn in Zion , to give them beauty instead of ashes , the oil of joy instead of mourning , the mantle of praise instead of the spirit of infirmity , so that one calls them trees of righteousness , the planting of Jehovah , in order to beautify Himself . * And they shall build old ruins ; they shall raise up former desolations ; and they shall restore the waste cities , ruins of generations and generations . * And foreigners shall stand and feed your flocks , and the sons of strangers shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers . * But you shall be called , Priests of Jehovah ; it will be said of you , Ministers of our God . You shall eat the riches of the nations , and you shall revel in their glory . * Instead of your shame and disgrace , double . They rejoice in their portion ; for they shall possess a second time in their land ; everlasting joy shall be theirs . * For I , Jehovah , love judgment , hating plunder in burnt offering . And I will give their work in truth ; and I will cut an everlasting covenant for them . * And 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 that Jehovah has blessed . * I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah . My soul shall be joyful in my God . For He clothed me with garments of salvation ; He put on me the robe of righteousness , even as a bridegroom puts on his ornament , and as the bride is adorned with her jewels . * For as the earth comes out with her buds , and as a garden causes that which is sown to grow , so the Lord Jehovah will make righteousness and praise to grow before all the nations .

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