The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, Luk 4:18-19Luk 7:22Isa 42:7Mat 11:5Psa 147:3Isa 42:1Zec 9:11-12Act 10:38
because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to those who are bound, 1
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor Mat 5:4Isa 34:8Luk 4:19Isa 57:182Th 2:16-17Jhn 16:20-221Th 2:16Isa 25:8
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
to provide for those who mourn in Zion, Psa 30:11Jer 17:7-8Jhn 16:20Isa 61:10Psa 45:7Ecc 9:81Pe 2:9Isa 60:20-21
to give to them a garland for ashes,
the oil of joy for mourning,
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness,
that they may be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD,
that he may be glorified.
They will rebuild the old ruins. Isa 58:12Amo 9:14-15Ezk 36:33-36Ezk 36:23-26Isa 49:6-8
They will raise up the former devastated places.
They will repair the ruined cities
that have been devastated for many generations.
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Isa 60:10-14Isa 14:1-2Eph 2:12-20
Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.
But you will be called the LORD’s priests. Exo 19:61Pe 2:51Pe 2:9Isa 60:5-7Isa 66:21Rev 5:102Co 11:23Rev 20:6
Men will call you the servants of our God.
You will eat the wealth of the nations.
You will boast in their glory.
Instead of your shame you will have double. Job 42:10Zec 9:12Isa 40:2Isa 60:19-20Psa 16:112Ki 2:9Isa 51:112Co 4:17
Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they will possess double.
Everlasting joy will be to them.
“For I, the LORD, love justice. Psa 11:7Jer 9:24Zec 8:16-17Gen 17:7Isa 55:3Jer 32:40Psa 25:8-12Psa 37:28
I hate robbery and iniquity.
I will give them their reward in truth
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Their offspring will be known among the nations, Isa 44:3Psa 115:14Act 3:26Gen 22:18Isa 65:23Rom 9:3-4Zec 8:13Rom 11:16-24
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge them,
that they are the offspring which the LORD has blessed.”
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! Rev 19:7-8Php 3:9Psa 132:9Psa 132:16Rev 21:2Isa 49:18Rev 7:9-14Rom 14:17
My soul will 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 a garland
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the earth produces its bud, 1Pe 2:9Isa 58:11Mrk 4:26-32Isa 55:10-11Isa 45:8Isa 62:1Isa 62:7Psa 85:11
and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up,
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.