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Old Testament

New Testament

Isaiah 61 Modern English Version (MEV)

1. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon mebecause the Lord has anointed meto preach good news to the poor;He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2. to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lordand the day of vengeance of our God;to comfort all who mourn,

3. to preserve those who mourn in Zion,to give to them beautyfor ashes,the oil of joyfor mourning,the garment of praisefor the spirit of heaviness,that they might be called trees of righteousness,the planting of the Lord,that He might be glorified.

4. They shall build the old ruins;they shall raise up the former desolations,and they shall repair the waste cities,the desolations of many generations.

5. Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6. But you shall be named the priests of the Lord;men shall call you the ministers of our God.You shall eat the riches of the nations,and in their glory you shall boast.

7. Instead of your shameyou shall have double honor,and instead of humiliationthey shall rejoice over their portion.Therefore, in their land they shall possess a double portion;everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8. For I, the Lord, love justice,I hate robbery in the burnt offering;and I will faithfully give them their recompenseand make an everlasting covenant with them.

9. Their descendants shall be known among the nationsand their offspring among the peoples.All who see them shall acknowledge thembecause they are the descendants whom the Lord has blessed.

10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,my soul shall be joyful in my God;for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11. For as the earth brings forth her buds,and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praiseto spring forth before all the nations.