Isaiah 61:1-4
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Good News of Deliverance
61 [a]The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted;[b]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison[c] to those who are bound;
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit;
that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
4 They shall build up the ancient ruins,
they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
Footnotes
- 61.1-4 cf. Lk 4.18-19.
- Isaiah 61:1 Or poor
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening of the eyes: Heb the opening
Isaiah 61:8-11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 For I the Lord love justice,
I hate robbery and wrong;[a]
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their descendants shall be known among the nations,
and their offspring in the midst of the peoples;
all who see them shall acknowledge them,
that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its shoots,
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring forth before all the nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:8 Or robbery with a burnt offering
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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