Readings for Lent and Easter

61 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me,
    because Yahweh has anointed me,
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
    to bind up the brokenhearted,^[a]
to proclaim^[b] release to the captives
    and liberation to those who are bound,
² to proclaim^[c] the year of Yahweh’s favor,
    and our God’s day of vengeance,
to comfort all those in mourning,
³     to give^[d] for those in mourning in Zion,
to give them a head wrap instead of ashes,
    the oil of joy instead of mourning,
    a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit.
And they will be called^[e] oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.