Isaiah 61 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 62

¹For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.

KJVFor Zion's^H6726 sake will I not hold my peace^H2814^(H8799), and for Jerusalem's^H3389 sake I will not rest^H8252^(H8799), until the righteousness^H6664 thereof go forth^H3318^(H8799) as brightness^H5051, and the salvation^H3444 thereof as a lamp^H3940 that burneth^H1197^(H8799).

² The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name, which Yahweh’s mouth will name.

KJVAnd the Gentiles^H1471 shall see^H7200^(H8804) thy righteousness^H6664, and all kings^H4428 thy glory^H3519: and thou shalt be called^H7121^(H8795) by a new^H2319 name^H5344^(H8799), which the mouth^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 shall name^H8034.

³ You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh’s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.

KJVThou shalt also be a crown^H5850 of glory^H8597 in the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068, and a royal^H4410 diadem^H6797^(H8675)^H6797 in the hand^H3709 of thy God^H430.

⁴ You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.

KJVThou shalt no more be termed^H559^(H8735) Forsaken^H5800^(H8803); neither shall thy land^H776 any more be termed^H559^(H8735) Desolate^H8077: but thou shalt be called^H7121^(H8735) Hephzibah^H2657, and thy land^H776 Beulah^H1166^(H8803): for the LORD^H3068 delighteth^H2654^(H8804) in thee, and thy land^H776 shall be married^H1166^(H8735).

⁵ For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

KJVFor as a young man^H970 marrieth^H1166^(H8799) a virgin^H1330, so shall thy sons^H1121 marry^H1166^(H8799) thee: and as the bridegroom^H2860 rejoiceth^H4885 over the bride^H3618, so shall thy God^H430 rejoice^H7797^(H8799) over thee.

⁶ I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,

KJVI have set^H6485^(H8689) watchmen^H8104^(H8802) upon thy walls^H2346, O Jerusalem^H3389, which shall never^H8548 hold their peace^H2814^(H8799) day^H3117 nor night^H3915: ye that make mention^H2142^(H8688) of the LORD^H3068, keep not silence^H1824,

⁷ and give him no rest until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise on the earth.

KJVAnd give^H5414^(H8799) him no rest^H1824, till he establish^H3559^(H8787), and till he make^H7760^(H8799) Jerusalem^H3389 a praise^H8416 in the earth^H776.

⁸ Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored,

KJVThe LORD^H3068 hath sworn^H7650^(H8738) by his right hand^H3225, and by the arm^H2220 of his strength^H5797, Surely I will^H518 no more give^H5414^(H8799) thy corn^H1715 to be meat^H3978 for thine enemies^H341^(H8802); and the sons^H1121 of the stranger^H5236 shall not drink^H8354^(H8799) thy wine^H8492, for the which thou hast laboured^H3021^(H8804):

⁹ but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”

KJVBut they that have gathered^H622^(H8764) it shall eat^H398^(H8799) it, and praise^H1984^(H8765) the LORD^H3068; and they that have brought it together^H6908^(H8764) shall drink^H8354^(H8799) it in the courts^H2691 of my holiness^H6944.

¹⁰ Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.

KJVGo through^H5674^(H8798), go through^H5674^(H8798) the gates^H8179; prepare^H6437^(H8761) ye the way^H1870 of the people^H5971; cast up^H5549^(H8798), cast up^H5549^(H8798) the highway^H4546; gather out^H5619^(H8761) the stones^H68; lift up^H7311^(H8685) a standard^H5251 for the people^H5971.

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!’”

KJVBehold, the LORD^H3068 hath proclaimed^H8085^(H8689) unto the end^H7097 of the world^H776, Say^H559^(H8798) ye to the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726, Behold, thy salvation^H3468 cometh^H935^(H8802); behold, his reward^H7939 is with him, and his work^H6468 before^H6440 him.

¹² They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.

KJVAnd they shall call^H7121^(H8804) them, The holy^H6944 people^H5971, The redeemed^H1350^(H8803) of the LORD^H3068: and thou shalt be called^H7121^(H8735), Sought out^H1875^(H8803), A city^H5892 not forsaken^H5800^(H8737).

WEB·Isaiah 61

¹The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh 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,

KJVThe Spirit^H7307 of the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 is upon me; because the LORD^H3068 hath anointed^H4886^(H8804) me to preach good tidings^H1319^(H8763) unto the meek^H6035; he hath sent^H7971^(H8804) me to bind up^H2280^(H8800) the brokenhearted^H7665^(H8737)^H3820, to proclaim^H7121^(H8800) liberty^H1865 to the captives^H7617^(H8803), and the opening of the prison^H6495 to them that are bound^H631^(H8803);

² to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

KJVTo proclaim^H7121^(H8800) the acceptable^H7522 year^H8141 of the LORD^H3068, and the day^H3117 of vengeance^H5359 of our God^H430; to comfort^H5162^(H8763) all that mourn^H57;

³ to provide for those who mourn in Zion, 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 Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

KJVTo appoint^H7760^(H8800) unto them that mourn^H57 in Zion^H6726, to give^H5414^(H8800) unto them beauty^H6287 for ashes^H665, the oil^H8081 of joy^H8342 for mourning^H60, the garment^H4594 of praise^H8416 for the spirit^H7307 of heaviness^H3544; that they might be called^H7121^(H8795) trees^H352 of righteousness^H6664, the planting^H4302 of the LORD^H3068, that he might be glorified^H6286^(H8692).

⁴ They will rebuild the old ruins. They will raise up the former devastated places. They will repair the ruined cities that have been devastated for many generations.

KJVAnd they shall build^H1129^(H8804) the old^H5769 wastes^H2723, they shall raise up^H6965^(H8787) the former^H7223 desolations^H8074^(H8802), and they shall repair^H2318^(H8765) the waste^H2721 cities^H5892, the desolations^H8074^(H8802) of many^H1755 generations^H1755.

⁵ Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.

KJVAnd strangers^H2114^(H8801) shall stand^H5975^(H8804) and feed^H7462^(H8804) your flocks^H6629, and the sons^H1121 of the alien^H5236 shall be your plowmen^H406 and your vinedressers^H3755.

⁶ But you will be called Yahweh’s priests. Men will call you the servants of our God. You will eat the wealth of the nations. You will boast in their glory.

KJVBut ye shall be named^H7121^(H8735) the Priests^H3548 of the LORD^H3068: men shall call^H559^(H8735) you the Ministers^H8334^(H8764) of our God^H430: ye shall eat^H398^(H8799) the riches^H2428 of the Gentiles^H1471, and in their glory^H3519 shall ye boast^H3235^(H8691) yourselves.

⁷ Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.

KJVFor your shame^H1322 ye shall have double^H4932; and for confusion^H3639 they shall rejoice^H7442^(H8799) in their portion^H2506: therefore in their land^H776 they shall possess^H3423^(H8799) the double^H4932: everlasting^H5769 joy^H8057 shall be unto them.

⁸ “For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

KJVFor I the LORD^H3068 love^H157^(H8802) judgment^H4941, I hate^H8130^(H8802) robbery^H1498 for burnt offering^H5930; and I will direct^H5414^(H8804) their work^H6468 in truth^H571, and I will make^H3772^(H8799) an everlasting^H5769 covenant^H1285 with them.

⁹ Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.”

KJVAnd their seed^H2233 shall be known^H3045^(H8738) among the Gentiles^H1471, and their offspring^H6631 among^H8432 the people^H5971: all that see^H7200^(H8802) them shall acknowledge^H5234^(H8686) them, that they are the seed^H2233 which the LORD^H3068 hath blessed^H1288^(H8765).

¹⁰ I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! 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.

KJVI will greatly^H7797^(H8800) rejoice^H7797^(H8799) in the LORD^H3068, my soul^H5315 shall be joyful^H1523^(H8799) in my God^H430; for he hath clothed^H3847^(H8689) me with the garments^H899 of salvation^H3468, he hath covered^H3271^(H8804) me with the robe^H4598 of righteousness^H6666, as a bridegroom^H2860 decketh^H3547^(H8762) himself with ornaments^H6287, and as a bride^H3618 adorneth^H5710^(H8799) herself with her jewels^H3627.

¹¹ For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

KJVFor as the earth^H776 bringeth forth^H3318^(H8686) her bud^H6780, and as the garden^H1593 causeth the things that are sown^H2221 in it to spring forth^H6779^(H8686); so the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069 will cause righteousness^H6666 and praise^H8416 to spring forth^H6779^(H8686) before all the nations^H1471.

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