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Chapter 61 |
| 1 | The Spirit of
the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound; |
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| To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day
of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; |
| 3 | To appoint
unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of
joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they
might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might
be glorified. |
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4 | And 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. |
| 5 | And strangers shall stand and
feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your
vinedressers. |
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6 | But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men
shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the
Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. |
| 7 | For your shame
ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion:
therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be
unto them. |
| 8
| For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt
offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them. |
| 9 | And their seed shall be known among the
Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
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| 10 | I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, 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 ornaments, and
as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. |
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11 | For as the earth
bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in
it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth before all the nations. |
