The Year of Yahweh’s Favor

¹ The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me, because Yahweh has anointed me, he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up ⌞the brokenhearted⌟,¹ to ⌞proclaim⌟² release to the captives and liberation to those who are bound,

1. Literally “those broken of heart”
2. Literally “call”

² to ⌞proclaim⌟¹ the year of Yahweh’s favor, and our God’s day of vengeance, to comfort all those in mourning,

1. Literally “call”

³ to ⌞give⌟¹ for those in mourning in Zion, to give them a head wrap instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. And ⌞they will be called⌟² oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.

1. Literally “place”
2. Literally “it will be called to them”

⁴ And they shall build the ancient ruins, they shall erect the former deserted places. And they shall restore the ⌞devastated cities⌟,¹ the deserted places of ⌞many generations⌟.²

1. Literally “cities of devastation”
2. Literally “generation and generation”

⁵ And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,¹ and ⌞foreigners⌟² shall be your farmers and vinedressers.

1. Hebrew “flock”
2. Literally “sons of a foreign country”

⁶ But¹ you shall be called the priests of Yahweh, ⌞you will be called⌟² servers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and you shall boast in their riches.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “it shall be said of you”

⁷ Instead of your shame, a double portion, and instead of insult, they will rejoice over their portion. Therefore they will take a double portion in their land; ⌞they shall possess everlasting joy⌟.¹

1. Literally “possession of joy everlasting shall be for them”

⁸ For I, Yahweh, love justice, hate robbery and¹ injustice, and I will ⌞faithfully⌟² give their reward, and I will ⌞make⌟³ an everlasting covenant ⌞with⌟⁴ them.

1. Or “in”
2. Literally “in the faithfulness”
3. Literally “cut”
4. Literally “to”

⁹ And their descendants¹ will be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples. All those who see them shall recognize them, that they are descendants² whom Yahweh has blessed.

1. Hebrew “descendant”
2. Hebrew “descendant”

¹⁰ I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns himself with a head wrap like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewelry.

¹¹ For as the earth ⌞produces⌟¹ its sprout, and as a garden makes its plants sprout, so the Lord Yahweh will make righteousness sprout, and praise before all the nations.

1. Literally “brings out”