1The Spirit of LORD JEHOVAH God is upon me because LORD JEHOVAH anointed me, and he has sent me that I shall proclaim good news to the lowly ones, and I shall bind up the broken hearts, and I shall proclaim freedom to the captives and release to the prisoners

2And I shall proclaim the year of pleasure for LORD JEHOVAH and the day of salvation for our God, to comfort all the mourners

3To give to the mourners of Zion glory in exchange for ashes, sweet ointment in exchange for grief, a cloak of glory in exchange for the suffering spirit. They shall be called males of righteousness, the glorious planting of LORD JEHOVAH

4And they shall build ruins that were from antiquity, and they shall raise desolations that were from the beginning, and they shall make the city ruins new, and the desolations of generations of generations

5And foreigners shall stand and they shall herd their sheep, and the children of foreigners shall be farmers for them and vinedressers

6And you shall be called the Priests of LORD JEHOVAH and the ministers of our God. It will be said to you: “You will eat the wealth of the Gentiles, and in their glory you shall boast yourselves”

7In exchange for your shame and in exchange for your grave digging you shall inherit a double inheritance in their land, and you shall boast yourselves in their portion. You shall have joy for eternity!

8Because I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who love judgment and hate plunder and evil, and I shall give your labor in truth, and I shall establish an eternal covenant with you

9And your seed will be made known among the Gentiles, and the seed of your seed among the peoples. All seeing you shall recognize you, that you are the seed whom LORD JEHOVAH has blessed

10To delight I shall delight in LORD JEHOVAH, and my soul will rejoice in my God, because he clothed me with the clothing of redemption, and he covered me with the mantle of righteousness like a glorious bridegroom and like an adorned bride

11And like the Earth that brings forth a flower, and like a garden that sprouts seed, in this way LORD JEHOVAH God shall bring forth righteousness and glory before all the nations