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 <div class="label">61</div><div class="s1">The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People</div><div class="p">1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,</div><div class="p">because the Lord has chosen#tn Heb &#8220;anointed,&#8221; i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task. me.#sn The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion&#8217;s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God&#8217;s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord&#8217;s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4; see also 51:16).</div><div class="p">He has commissioned#tn Or &#8220;sent&#8221; (NAB); NCV &#8220;has appointed me.&#8221; me to encourage#tn Or &#8220;proclaim good news to.&#8221; the poor,</div><div class="p">to help#tn Heb &#8220;to bind up [the wounds of].&#8221; the brokenhearted,</div><div class="p">to decree the release of captives,</div><div class="p">and the freeing of prisoners,</div><div class="p">2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,</div><div class="p">the day when our God will seek vengeance,#tn Heb &#8220;to announce the year of the Lord&#8217;s favor, and the day of our God&#8217;s vengeance.</div><div class="p">to console all who mourn,</div><div class="p">3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,</div><div class="p">by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,</div><div class="p">oil symbolizing joy,#tn Heb &#8220;oil of joy&#8221; (KJV, ASV); NASB, NIV, NRSV &#8220;the oil of gladness.&#8221; instead of mourning,</div><div class="p">a garment symbolizing praise,#tn Heb &#8220;garment of praise.&#8221; instead of discouragement.#tn Heb &#8220;a faint spirit&#8221; (so NRSV); KJV, ASV &#8220;the spirit of heaviness&#8221;; NASB &#8220;a spirit of fainting.&#8221;</div><div class="p">They will be called oaks of righteousness,#tn Rather than referring to the character of the people, &#1510;&#1462;&#1491;&#1462;&#1511; (tsedeq) may carry the nuance &#8220;vindication&#8221; here, suggesting that God&#8217;s restored people are a testimony to his justice. See v. 2, which alludes to the fact that God will take vengeance against the enemies of his people. Cf. NAB &#8220;oaks of justice.&#8221;</div><div class="p">trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.#tn Heb &#8220;a planting of the Lord to reveal splendor.&#8221;</div><div class="p">4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins</div><div class="p">and restore the places that were desolate;#tn Heb &#8220;and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.&#8221; </div><div class="p">they will reestablish the ruined cities,</div><div class="p">the places that have been desolate since ancient times.</div><div class="p">5#sn The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9). It is not clear where the servant&#8217;s speech (see vv. 1-3a) ends and the Lord&#8217;s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord&#8217;s speech. &#8220;Foreigners will take care of#tn Heb &#8220;will stand [in position] and shepherd.&#8221; your sheep;</div><div class="p">foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.</div><div class="p">6 You will be called, &#8216;the Lord&#8217;s priests,</div><div class="p">servants of our God.&#8217;#tn The Hebrew text adds, &#8220;it will be said concerning you.&#8221;</div><div class="p">You will enjoy#tn Heb &#8220;eat&#8221; (KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV &#8220;feed on&#8221;; NLT &#8220;be fed with.&#8221; the wealth of nations</div><div class="p">and boast about#tc The form in the Hebrew text is probably a corruption of &#1497;&#1460;&#1514;&#1456;&#1488;&#1463;&#1502;&#1468;&#1456;&#1512;&#1493;&#1468; (yit&#8217;amm&#255;ru), a Hitpael from &#1488;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1512; (&#8217;amar), meaning &#8220;boast about&#8221; (see HALOT 67 s.v. II &#1488;&#1502;&#1512;, HALOT 416 s.v. &#1497;&#1502;&#1512;, and BDB 56 s.v. &#1488;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1512;). the riches you receive from them.#tn Heb &#8220;their glory&#8221; (i.e., riches).</div><div class="p">7 Instead of shame, you will get a double portion;#tn Heb &#8220;instead of your shame, a double portion.&#8221;</div><div class="p">instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive.#tn Heb &#8220;and [instead of] humiliation they will rejoice [over] their portion.&#8221; The term &#1514;&#1464;&#1495;&#1464;&#1514; (takhat, &#8220;instead of&#8221;) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).</div><div class="p">Yes,#tn Heb &#8220;therefore&#8221; (so KJV, NASB); NIV &#8220;and so.&#8221; they will possess a double portion in their land</div><div class="p">and experience lasting joy.</div><div class="p">8 For I, the Lord, love justice</div><div class="p">and hate robbery and sin.</div><div class="p">I will repay them because of my faithfulness;#tn Heb &#8220;in faithfulness&#8221;; NASB, NRSV, NLT &#8220;faithfully.&#8221;</div><div class="p">I will make a permanent covenant with them.</div><div class="p">9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,</div><div class="p">their offspring among the peoples.</div><div class="p">All who see them will recognize that</div><div class="p">the Lord has blessed them.&#8221;#tn Heb &#8220;all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.&#8221;</div><div class="p">10 I#sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord&#8217;s promise of restoration. will greatly rejoice#tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis. in the Lord;</div><div class="p">I will be overjoyed because of my God.#tn Heb &#8220;my being is happy in my God&#8221;; NAB &#8220;in my God is the joy of my soul.&#8221;</div><div class="p">For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;</div><div class="p">he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication.#tn Heb &#8220;robe of vindication&#8221;; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV &#8220;robe of righteousness.&#8221;</div><div class="p">I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;</div><div class="p">I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.#tn Heb &#8220;like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.&#8221; The words &#8220;I look&#8221; are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.</div><div class="p">11 For just as the ground produces its crops</div><div class="p">and a garden yields its produce,</div><div class="p">so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance#tn Or perhaps, &#8220;righteousness,&#8221; but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1). to grow,</div><div class="p">and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.#tn Heb &#8220;and praise before all the nations.&#8221;</div>
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The spirit of the sovereign LORD is upon me,
because the LORD has chosen me.
He has commissioned me to encourage the poor,
to help the brokenhearted,
to decree the release of captives,
and the freeing of prisoners,
to announce the year when the LORD will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance,
to console all who mourn,
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,
by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,
oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning,
a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.
They will rebuild the perpetual ruins
and restore the places that were desolate;
they will reestablish the ruined cities,
the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
“Foreigners will take care of your sheep;
foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.
You will be called, ‘the LORD’s priests,
servants of our God.’
You will enjoy the wealth of nations
and boast about the riches you receive from them.
Instead of shame, you will get a double portion;
instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive.
Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land
and experience lasting joy.
For I, the LORD, love justice
and hate robbery and sin.
I will repay them because of my faithfulness;
I will make a permanent covenant with them.
Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the LORD has blessed them.”
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;
I will be overjoyed because of my God.
For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;
he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication.
I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;
I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the sovereign LORD will cause deliverance to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

සවන් දෙන්න Isaiah 61