Isaiah 61:1-63:6

New International Version

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit^(A) of the Sovereign Lord^(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed^(C) me
    to proclaim good news^(D) to the poor.^(E)
He has sent me to bind up^(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom^(G) for the captives^(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^(I)
    and the day of vengeance^(J) of our God,
to comfort^(K) all who mourn,^(L)
³    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown^(M) of beauty
    instead of ashes,^(N)
the oil^(O) of joy
    instead of mourning,^(P)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting^(Q) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.^(R)

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(S)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵Strangers^(T) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶And you will be called priests^(U) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(V) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

⁷Instead of your shame^(W)
    you will receive a double^(X) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit^(Y) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy^(Z) will be yours.

⁸“For I, the Lord, love justice;^(AA)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(AB) with them.
⁹Their descendants^(AC) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(AD)

¹⁰I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(AE) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(AF)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(AG) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(AH) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(AI) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(AJ)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

Zion’s New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,^(AK)
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication^(AL) shines out like the dawn,^(AM)
    her salvation^(AN) like a blazing torch.
²The nations^(AO) will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name^(AP)
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
³You will be a crown^(AQ) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
⁴No longer will they call you Deserted,^(AR)
    or name your land Desolate.^(AS)
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[b]^(AT)
    and your land Beulah^[c];
for the Lord will take delight^(AU) in you,
    and your land will be married.^(AV)
⁵As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom^(AW) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice^(AX) over you.

⁶I have posted watchmen^(AY) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(AZ)
⁷and give him no rest^(BA) till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise^(BB) of the earth.

⁸The Lord has sworn^(BC) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(BD)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹but those who harvest it will eat^(BE) it
    and praise the Lord,^(BF)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(BG)

¹⁰Pass through, pass through the gates!^(BH)
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!^(BI)
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner^(BJ) for the nations.

¹¹The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:^(BK)
“Say to Daughter Zion,^(BL)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!^(BM)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”^(BN)
¹²They will be called^(BO) the Holy People,^(BP)
    the Redeemed^(BQ) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.^(BR)

God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption

63 Who is this coming from Edom,^(BS)
from Bozrah,^(BT) with his garments stained crimson?^(BU)
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?^(BV)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save.”^(BW)

²Why are your garments red,
like those of one treading the winepress?^(BX)

³“I have trodden the winepress^(BY) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(BZ) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(CA)
their blood spattered my garments,^(CB)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴It was for me the day of vengeance;^(CC)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵I looked, but there was no one^(CD) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(CE) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(CF)
⁶I trampled^(CG) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(CH)
    and poured their blood^(CI) on the ground.”