| DB1 | | Good news of deliverance. Is.61.1-62.12 | KNSB Contents | notes| 61 | katapi New Standard Bible | Passage |
| 1 | The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; | Good news of deliverance. Is.61.1-62.12 |
| 2 | to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favour, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; | |
| 3 | to grant to those who mourn in Zion - to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. | |
| 4 | They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. | |
| 5 | Aliens shall stand and feed your flocks, foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers; | |
| 6 | but you shall be called the priests of Yahweh, men shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their riches you shall glory. | |
| 7 | Instead of your shame you shall have a double portion, instead of dishonour you shall rejoice in your lot; therefore in your land you shall possess a double portion; yours shall be everlasting joy. | |
| 8 | For I Yahweh love justice, I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. | |
| 9 | Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a people whom Yahweh has blessed. | |
| 10 | I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall exult 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. | |
| 11 | For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. | |
| 1 | For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. | |
| 2 | The nations shall see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of Yahweh will give. | |
| 3 | You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. | |
| 4 | You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called My delight is in her, and your land Married; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married. | |
| 5 | For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. | |
| 6 | Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put Yahweh in remembrance, take no rest, | |
| 7 | and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth. | |
| 8 | Yahweh has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have laboured; | |
| 9 | but those who garner it shall eat it and praise Yahweh, and those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary." | |
| 10 | Go through, go through the gates, prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones, lift up an ensign over the peoples. | |
| 11 | Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him." | |
| 12 | And they shall be called The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh; and you shall be called Sought out, a city not forsaken. | |