_The Glory of the Office is Committed to the Servant of Jehovah._
1. The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is over me, because Jehovah hath
anointed me to bring glad tidings to sufferers;[1] hath sent me to
bind up broken-hearted ones, to proclaim liberty to those led
captive, and emancipation to the fettered; 2. to proclaim a year of
grace from Jehovah, and a day of vengeance from our God; to comfort
all that mourn; 3. to put upon the mourners of Zion, to give them a
head-dress[2] for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a wrapper of renown
for an expiring spirit, that they may be called terebinths of
righteousness, a planting of Jehovah for glorification.
4. And they will build up wastes of the olden time, raise up
desolations of the forefathers, and renew desolate cities,
desolations of former generations. 5. And strangers stand and feed
your flocks, and foreigners become your ploughmen and vinedressers.
6. But ye will be called priests of Jehovah; Servants of our God,
will men say to you: ye will eat the riches of the nations, and pride
yourselves in their glory.
7. Instead of shame ye shall have double, and (instead) of insult
they rejoice at their portion: thus in their land[3] they will
possess double; everlasting joy will they have. 8. For I, Jehovah,
love right, hate robbery in wickedness;[4] and give them their reward
in faithfulness, and conclude an everlasting covenant with them.
9. And their family will be known among the nations, and their
offspring in the midst of the nations: all who see them will
recognise them, for they are a family that Jehovah hath blessed.
10. Joyfully I rejoice in Jehovah; my soul shall be joyful in my God,
that He hath given me garments of salvation to put on, hath wrapped
me in the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom who wears the turban
like a priest, and as a bride who puts on her jewellery. 11. For like
the land which brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden which causes
the things sown in it to sprout up; so the Lord Jehovah bringeth
righteousness to sprouting and renown before all nations.