ISAIAH 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;
2 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 a garland 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.
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 aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD: men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, 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 double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
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 a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
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.
Cross-references
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- 1Luk 4:18–19, Luk 7:22, Isa 42:7, Mat 11:5, Psa 147:3, Isa 42:1, Zec 9:11–12, Act 10:38
- 2Mat 5:4, Isa 34:8, Isa 57:18, Luk 4:19, 2Th 2:16–17, Jhn 16:20–22, 1Th 2:16, Jer 31:13
- 3Psa 30:11, Jer 17:7–8, Jhn 16:20, Isa 61:10, Psa 45:7, Ecc 9:8, 1Pe 2:9, Psa 23:5
- 4Isa 58:12, Amo 9:14–15, Ezk 36:33–36, Ezk 36:23–26, Isa 49:6–8
- 5Isa 60:10–14, Isa 14:1–2, Eph 2:12–20
- 6Exo 19:6, 1Pe 2:9, 1Pe 2:5, Isa 60:5–7, Isa 66:21, Rev 5:10, 2Co 11:23, Rev 20:6
- 7Job 42:10, Zec 9:12, Isa 40:2, Isa 60:19–20, Psa 16:11, 2Ki 2:9, Isa 51:11, 2Co 4:17
- 8Psa 11:7, Jer 9:24, Zec 8:16–17, Jer 32:40, Gen 17:7, Isa 55:3, Psa 37:28, Psa 25:8–12
- 9Isa 44:3, Psa 115:14, Gen 22:18, Act 3:26, Isa 65:23, Rom 9:3–4, Zec 8:13
- 10Rev 19:7–8, Psa 132:9, Php 3:9, Psa 132:16, Rev 21:2, Rom 5:11, Isa 49:18, Rom 14:17
- 111Pe 2:9, Mrk 4:26–32, Isa 58:11, Isa 55:10–11, Isa 62:7, Isa 45:8, Isa 62:1, Psa 85:11
Topics in this chapter
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Afflictions and Adversities, Anointing, Bride, Bridegroom, Captivity, Church, Covenant, Garment, Glorifying God, God, Gospel, Holiness, Holy Spirit, Hypocrisy, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Jesus, the Christ, Joy, Jubilee, Justification, Liberty, Marriage, Minister, Christian, Praise, Priest, Prisoners, Quotations and Allusions, Repentance, Robbery, Robe, Salvation, Seekers, Symbols and Similitudes, Theft and Thieves, Trinity