1 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,because the Lord has anointed me;He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,to bind up the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to the captives,release to the prisoners,
2 To announce a year of favor from the Lordand a day of vindication by our God;To comfort all who mourn;
3 to place on those who mourn in Ziona diadem instead of ashes,To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning,a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit.They will be called oaks of justice,the planting of the Lord to show his glory.
4 They shall rebuild the ancient ruins,the former wastes they shall raise upAnd restore the desolate cities,devastations of generation upon generation.
5 Strangers shall stand ready to pasture your flocks,foreigners shall be your farmers and vinedressers.
6 You yourselves shall be called “Priests of the Lord,”“Ministers of our God” you shall be called.You shall eat the wealth of the nationsand in their riches you will boast.
7 Because their shame was twofoldand disgrace was proclaimed their portion,They will possess twofold in their own land;everlasting joy shall be theirs.
8 For I, the Lord, love justice,I hate robbery and wrongdoing;I will faithfully give them their recompense,an everlasting covenant I will make with them.
9 Their offspring shall be renowned among the nations,and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;All who see them shall acknowledge them:“They are offspring the Lord has blessed.”
10 I will rejoice heartily in the Lord,my being exults in my God;For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,and wrapped me in a robe of justice,Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 As the earth brings forth its shoots,and a garden makes its seeds spring up,So will the Lord God make justice spring up,and praise before all the nations.