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1. The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has chosen me to bring good news to poor people. He has sent me to heal those with a sad heart. He has sent me to tell those who are being held and those in prison that they can go free.
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1. The Spirit H7307 of the Lord H136 GOD H3069 is upon H5921 me; because H3282 the LORD H3068 hath anointed H4886 me to preach good tidings H1319 unto the meek H6035 ; he hath sent H7971 me to bind up H2280 the brokenhearted H7665 H3820 , to proclaim H7121 liberty H1865 to the captives H7617 , and the opening of the prison H6495 to them that are bound H631 ;
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2. He has sent me to tell about the year of the Lord's favor, and the day our God will bring punishment. He has sent me to comfort all who are filled with sorrow.
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2. To proclaim H7121 the acceptable H7522 year H8141 of the LORD H3068 , and the day H3117 of vengeance H5359 of our God H430 ; to comfort H5162 all H3605 that mourn H57 ;
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3. To those who have sorrow in Zion I will give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes. I will give them the oil of joy instead of sorrow, and a spirit of praise instead of a spirit of no hope. Then they will be called oaks that are right with God, planted by the Lord, that He may be honored.
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3. To appoint H7760 unto them that mourn H57 in Zion H6726 , to give H5414 unto them beauty H6287 for H8478 ashes H665 , the oil H8081 of joy H8342 for H8478 mourning H60 , the garment H4594 of praise H8416 for H8478 the spirit H7307 of heaviness H3544 ; that they might be called H7121 trees H352 of righteousness H6664 , the planting H4302 of the LORD H3068 , that he might be glorified H6286 .
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4. They will build the cities again that were destroyed long ago. They will raise up what had been torn down, and will build the cities that were destroyed, and have lain waste through the years of many families and their children's children.
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4. And they shall build H1129 the old H5769 wastes H2723 , they shall raise up H6965 the former H7223 desolations H8074 , and they shall repair H2318 the waste H2721 cities H5892 , the desolations H8074 of many generations H1755 H1755 .
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5. Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Men from other lands will be your farmers and care for your vines.
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5. And strangers H2114 shall stand H5975 and feed H7462 your flocks H6629 , and the sons H1121 of the alien H5236 shall be your plowmen H406 and your vinedressers H3755 .
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6. But you will be called the religious leaders of the Lord. Men will speak of you as servants of our God. You will eat the riches of the nations, and in their riches you will speak with pride.
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6. But ye H859 shall be named H7121 the Priests H3548 of the LORD H3068 : men shall call H559 you the Ministers H8334 of our God H430 : ye shall eat H398 the riches H2428 of the Gentiles H1471 , and in their glory H3519 shall ye boast yourselves H3235 .
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7. Instead of your shame you will have a share that is twice as much. Instead of being without honor, they will sing for joy over all you receive. So they will have twice as much in their land, and joy that lasts forever will be theirs.
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7. For H8478 your shame H1322 ye shall have double H4932 ; and for confusion H3639 they shall rejoice H7442 in their portion H2506 : therefore H3651 in their land H776 they shall possess H3423 the double H4932 : everlasting H5769 joy H8057 shall be H1961 unto them.
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8. For I, the Lord, love what is right and fair. I hate stealing and what is wrong. I will be faithful to pay them what they should have. And I will make an agreement with them that will last forever.
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8. For H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 love H157 judgment H4941 , I hate H8130 robbery H1498 for burnt offering H5930 ; and I will direct H5414 their work H6468 in truth H571 , and I will make H3772 an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 with them.
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9. Their children will be known among the nations. Their children's children will be known among the people. All who see them will know them, because they are the people to whom the Lord has brought honor.
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9. And their seed H2233 shall be known H3045 among the Gentiles H1471 , and their offspring H6631 among H8432 the people H5971 : all H3605 that see H7200 them shall acknowledge H5234 them, that H3588 they H1992 are the seed H2233 which the LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 .
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10. I will have much joy in the Lord. My soul will have joy in my God, for He has clothed me with the clothes of His saving power. He has put around me a coat of what is right and good, as a man at his own wedding wears something special on his head, and as a bride makes herself beautiful with stones of great worth.
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10. I will greatly rejoice H7797 H7797 in the LORD H3068 , my soul H5315 shall be joyful H1523 in my God H430 ; for H3588 he hath clothed H3847 me with the garments H899 of salvation H3468 , he hath covered H3271 me with the robe H4598 of righteousness H6666 , as a bridegroom H2860 decketh H3547 himself with ornaments H6287 , and as a bride H3618 adorneth H5710 herself with her jewels H3627 .
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11. As the earth lets its new plants grow, and as a garden causes the things planted in it to grow, in the same way, the Lord God will cause what is right and good and words of praise to grow up in front of all the nations.
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11. For H3588 as the earth H776 bringeth forth H3318 her bud H6780 , and as the garden H1593 causeth the things that are sown H2221 in it to spring forth H6779 ; so H3651 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will cause righteousness H6666 and praise H8416 to spring forth H6779 before H5048 all H3605 the nations H1471 .
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