Isaiah:61

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* The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon Me ; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor ; 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 ; * 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 to them beauty for ashes , the oil of joy for mourning , the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; so that they might be called trees of righteousness , the planting of Jehovah , that He might be glorified . * And they shall rebuild the old wastes , they shall raise up what was formerly desolated . And they shall repair the waste cities , what lay desolate for many generations . * And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks , and the sons of foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers . * But you shall be named , The Priests of Jehovah ; and they shall call you , Ministers of our God . You shall eat the riches of the nations , and you shall revel in their glory . * Instead of your shame you shall have double ; and instead of reproach they shall rejoice in their portion . Therefore in their own land they shall possess double ; everlasting joy shall be theirs . * For I , Jehovah , love justice ; I hate stolen things for burnt offering ; and I will direct their work 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 people ; all who see them shall acknowledge them , that they are the seed Jehovah has blessed . * I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah , my soul shall be joyful in my God ; for He has clothed me with the garment of salvation , He has covered me with the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom adorns himself with ornaments , and like a bride adorns herself with her jewels . * For as the earth brings forth its bud , and as the garden causes that which is sown to grow ; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations .

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