Isaiah 61-64

New American Standard Bible

61 The ^(A)Spirit of the Lord ^[a]God is upon me,
Because the Lord anointed me
To ^(B)bring good news to the ^(C)humble;
He has sent me to ^(D)bind up the brokenhearted,
To ^(E)proclaim ^[b]release to captives
And ^[c]freedom to prisoners;
² To ^(F)proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the ^(G)day of vengeance of our God;
To ^(H)comfort all who mourn,
³ To ^(I)grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The ^(J)oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called ^[d](K)oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her ^(AD)righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her ^(AE)salvation like a torch that is burning.
² The ^(AF)nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new ^(AG)name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
³ You will also be a ^(AH)crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
⁴ It will no longer be said to you, “^[i](AI)Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “^[j]Desolate”;
But you will be called, “^[k]My delight is in her,”
And your land, “^[l](AJ)Married”;
For the ^(AK)Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
⁵ For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the ^[m]groom rejoices over the bride,
So your ^(AL)God will rejoice over you.

63 Who is this who comes from ^(BE)Edom,
With ^(BF)garments of ^[p]glowing colors from ^(BG)Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
^[q]Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, ^(BH)mighty to save.”
² Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who ^(BI)treads in the wine press?
³ “^(BJ)I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also ^(BK)trod them in My anger
And ^(BL)trampled them in My wrath;
And ^(BM)their ^[r]lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I ^[s]stained all My clothes.
⁴ For the ^(BN)day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.
⁵ I looked, but there was ^(BO)no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My ^(BP)own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.
⁶ I ^(BQ)trampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them ^(BR)drunk with My wrath,
And I ^[t]poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

⁷ I will make mention of the ^(BS)mercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great ^(BT)goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His ^(BU)compassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
⁸ For He said, “Certainly they are ^(BV)My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their ^(BW)Savior.
⁹ In all their distress ^[u](BX)He was distressed,
And the ^(BY)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(BZ)love and in His mercy He ^(CA)redeemed them,
And He ^(CB)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
¹⁰ But they ^(CC)rebelled
And grieved His ^(CD)Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
¹¹ Then ^(CE)His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is ^(CF)He who brought them up out of the sea with the ^[v]shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who ^(CG)put His Holy Spirit in the midst of ^[w]them,
¹² Who caused His ^(CH)glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who ^(CI)divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
¹³ Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^(CJ)stumble;
¹⁴ Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the ^(CK)Lord gave ^[x]them rest.
So You ^(CL)led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.

^15 (CM)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^(CN)lofty habitation;
Where are Your ^(CO)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The ^(CP)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
¹⁶ For You are our ^(CQ)Father, though ^(CR)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our ^(CS)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.
¹⁷ Why, Lord, do You ^(CT)cause us to stray from Your ways
And ^(CU)harden our heart from fearing You?
^(CV)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
¹⁸ Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have ^(CW)trampled it down.
¹⁹ We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.

64 ^[y]Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and ^(CX)come down,
That the mountains would ^(CY)quake at Your presence—
^2 [z]As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the ^(CZ)nations may tremble at Your presence!
³ When You did ^(DA)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
⁴ For from days of old ^(DB)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who ^(DC)waits for Him.
⁵ You ^(DD)meet him who rejoices in ^(DE)doing righteousness,
Who ^(DF)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^(DG)You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in ^[aa]our sins for a long time;
Yet shall we be saved?
⁶ For all of us have become like one who is ^(DH)unclean,
And all our ^(DI)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us ^(DJ)wither like a leaf,
And our ^(DK)wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
⁷ There is ^(DL)no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have ^(DM)hidden Your face from us
And have ^[ab]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.