Isaiah 61-62

New American Standard Bible

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.

Zion’s Glory and New Name

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.
²The ^(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.
³You will also be a ^(AH)crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
⁴It 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.
⁵For 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.

⁶On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed ^(AM)watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who ^(AN)profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
⁷And ^(AO)give Him no rest until He establishes
And makes ^(AP)Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
⁸^(AQ)The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:
“I will ^(AR)never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will ^[n]foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
⁹But those who ^(AS)harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.

¹⁰Go through, ^(AT)go through the gates,
Clear a way ^[o]for the people!
^(AU)Build up, build up the ^(AV)highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a ^(AW)flag over the peoples.
¹¹Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ^(AX)end of the earth:
^(AY)Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your ^(AZ)salvation is coming;
^(BA)Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him.”
¹²And they will call them, “^(BB)The holy people,
The ^(BC)redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City ^(BD)Not Abandoned.”