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Isaiah 61

The anointed one is sent to bring good news to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to captives and comfort those who mourn, giving beauty for ashes and praise for heaviness. Jesus read this passage in the synagogue at Nazareth and said it was fulfilled.

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Key verses

  • Verse 1Good news for the poor, the brokenhearted and the captive.
  • Verse 3Beauty for ashes, joy for mourning.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;SelectedIsaiah 61:1Ask

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;SelectedIsaiah 61:2Ask

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.SelectedIsaiah 61:3Ask

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.SelectedIsaiah 61:4Ask

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.SelectedIsaiah 61:5Ask

But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.SelectedIsaiah 61:6Ask

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.SelectedIsaiah 61:7Ask

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.SelectedIsaiah 61:8Ask

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.SelectedIsaiah 61:9Ask

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.SelectedIsaiah 61:10Ask

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.SelectedIsaiah 61:11Ask

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