Isaiah 61

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Exaltation of the Afflicted

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;
²To ^(F)proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the ^(G)day of vengeance of our God;
To ^(H)comfort all who mourn,
³To ^(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.

⁴Then they will ^(L)rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
⁵^(M)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ^[e]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
⁶But you will be called the ^(N)priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ^(O)ministers of our God.
You will eat the ^(P)wealth of nations,
And you will boast in their ^[f]riches.
⁷Instead of your ^(Q)shame you will have a ^(R)double portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
^(S)Everlasting joy will be theirs.
⁸For I, the Lord, ^(T)love justice,
I hate robbery ^[g]in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their reward,
And make an ^(U)everlasting covenant with them.
⁹Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the ^(V)offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

¹⁰I will ^(W)rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in ^(X)my God;
For He has ^(Y)clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a groom puts on a turban,
And ^(Z)as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the ^(AA)earth produces its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord ^[h]God will ^(AB)cause ^(AC)righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.

Footnotes

Isaiah 61:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 61:1 Or liberty
Isaiah 61:1 Lit opening to those who are bound
Isaiah 61:3 Or terebinths
Isaiah 61:5 Lit sons of the foreigner
Isaiah 61:6 Or glory
Isaiah 61:8 Or with malice
Isaiah 61:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Those Who Died in Christ

¹³But ^(A)we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who ^[a]^(B)are asleep, so that you will not grieve as indeed ^(C)the rest of mankind do, who have ^(D)no hope. ¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, ^(E)so also God will bring with Him ^(F)those who have fallen asleep ^[b]through Jesus. ¹⁵For we say this to you ^(G)by the word of the Lord, that ^(H)we who are alive ^[c]and remain until ^(I)the coming of the Lord will not precede ^(J)those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For the Lord ^(K)Himself ^(L)will descend from heaven with a ^[d]^(M)shout, with the voice of ^(N)the archangel and with the ^(O)trumpet of God, and ^(P)the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷Then ^(Q)we who are alive, who remain, will be ^(R)caught up together with them ^(S)in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always ^(T)be with the Lord. ¹⁸Therefore, ^[e]comfort one another with these words.

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Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 4:13 I.e., have died
1 Thessalonians 4:14 I.e., as believers
1 Thessalonians 4:15 Lit who
1 Thessalonians 4:16 Or cry of command
1 Thessalonians 4:18 Or encourage

Jeremiah 17:5-8

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⁵This is what the Lord says:
“^(A)Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes ^(B)flesh his ^[a]strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.
⁶For he will be like a ^(C)bush in the desert,
And will not see when prosperity comes,
But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness,
A ^(D)land of salt that is not inhabited.
⁷^(E)Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose ^(F)trust is the Lord.
⁸For he will be like a ^(G)tree planted by the water
That extends its roots by a stream,
And does not fear when the heat comes;
But its leaves will be green,
And it will not be anxious in a year of ^(H)drought,
Nor cease to yield fruit.