Isaiah 61:1-4

New International Version

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit^(A) of the Sovereign Lord^(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed^(C) me
    to proclaim good news^(D) to the poor.^(E)
He has sent me to bind up^(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom^(G) for the captives^(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^(I)
    and the day of vengeance^(J) of our God,
to comfort^(K) all who mourn,^(L)
³    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown^(M) of beauty
    instead of ashes,^(N)
the oil^(O) of joy
    instead of mourning,^(P)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting^(Q) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.^(R)

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(S)
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

Isaiah 61:8-11

New International Version

⁸“For I, the Lord, love justice;^(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(B) with them.
⁹Their descendants^(C) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(D)

¹⁰I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(E) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(F)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(G) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(H) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(I) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(J)
    and praise spring up before all nations.