The Good News of Salvation
1 “TheSpirit of the LordGodisupon Me,
# Because theLordhas anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
# He has sent Meto heal the brokenhearted,
# To proclaimliberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison tothosewhoarebound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of theLord,
# Andthe day of vengeance of our God;
# To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
# To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
# The planting of theLord,that He may be glorified.”
4 And they shallrebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shallbeyour plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But you shall be named the priests of theLord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
# You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
7 Instead of your shameyoushallhavedoublehonor,
Andinsteadofconfusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
8 “ForI, theLord, love justice;
# I hate robbery for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
# And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
# That theyarethe posteritywhomtheLordhas blessed.”
10 I will greatly rejoice in theLord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
# ForHe has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
# As a bridegroom deckshimselfwith ornaments,
And as a bride adornsherselfwith her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
# So the LordGodwill causerighteousness andpraise to spring forth before all the nations.