ISAIAH 61:1-4,7

“THE SPIRIT OF THE SOVEREIGN LORD IS ON ME,

    BECAUSE THE LORD HAS ANOINTED ME

    TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR.

HE HAS SENT ME TO BIND UP THE BROKENHEARTED,

    TO PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES

    AND RELEASE FROM DARKNESS FOR THE PRISONERS,

TO PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE LORD’S FAVOR

    AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF OUR GOD,

TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN,

    AND PROVIDE FOR THOSE WHO GRIEVE IN ZION—

TO BESTOW ON THEM

A CROWN OF BEAUTY INSTEAD OF ASHES,

THE OIL OF JOY

    INSTEAD OF MOURNING,

AND A GARMENT OF PRAISE

    INSTEAD OF A SPIRIT OF DESPAIR.

THEY WILL BE CALLED OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,

    A PLANTING OF THE LORD FOR THE DISPLAY OF HIS SPLENDOR.

THEY WILL REBUILD THE ANCIENT RUINS

    AND RESTORE THE PLACES LONG DEVASTATED;

THEY WILL RENEW THE RUINED CITIES

    THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED FOR GENERATIONS.

INSTEAD OF YOUR SHAME

    YOU WILL RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION,

AND INSTEAD OF DISGRACE

    YOU WILL REJOICE IN YOUR INHERITANCE.

AND SO YOU WILL INHERIT A DOUBLE PORTION IN YOUR LAND,

    AND EVERLASTING JOY WILL BE YOURS."

                                            ISAIAH 61:1-4,7