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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,^[a]
to proclaim^[b] release to the captives
    and liberation to those who are bound,
² to proclaim^[c] the year of Yahweh's favor,
    and our God's day of vengeance,
to comfort all those in mourning,
³     to give^[d] 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^[e] oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.
⁴ And they shall build the ancient ruins,
    they shall erect the former deserted places.
And they shall restore the devastated cities,^[f]
    the deserted places of many generations.^[g]
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,^[h]
    and foreigners^[i] shall be your farmers and vinedressers.
⁶ But^[j] you shall be called the priests of Yahweh,
    you will be called^[k] servers of our God.
You shall eat the wealth of the nations,
    and you shall boast in their riches.
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.^[l]
8 For I, Yahweh, love justice,
    hate robbery and^[m] injustice,
and I will faithfully^[n] give their reward,
    and I will make^[o] an everlasting covenant with^[p] them.
⁹ And their descendants^[q] 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 descendants^[r] whom Yahweh has blessed.
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^[s] its sprout,
    and as a garden makes its plants sprout,
so the Lord Yahweh will make righteousness sprout,
    and praise before all the nations.