1The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;[ † ]Isaiah 11:2Matthew 3:17Luke 4:18-19John 1:32John 3:34Psalms 45:7Matthew 11:5Luke 7:22Psalms 147:3Isaiah 42:7Acts 10:43 2to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord , and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;[ † ]Leviticus 25:9Isaiah 34:8Malachi 4:1-32 Thessalonians 1:7Isaiah 57:18Jeremiah 31:13Matthew 5:4 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord , that he might be glorified.[ † ]Psalms 30:11Isaiah 60:21Jeremiah 17:7-8John 15:8
4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.[ † ]Isaiah 49:8Isaiah 58:12Ezekiel 36:33Amos 9:14 5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.[ † ]Ephesians 2:12 6But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.[ † ]Exodus 19:6Isaiah 60:5-11
7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.[ † ]Isaiah 40:2Zechariah 9:12 8For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.[ † ]Psalms 11:7Isaiah 1:11-13Genesis 17:7Psalms 105:10Isaiah 55:3Jeremiah 32:40 9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.[ † ]Isaiah 65:23
10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord , my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.[ † ]Habakkuk 3:18Psalms 132:9-16Isaiah 49:18Revelation 21:2 11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.[ † ]Psalms 72:3Psalms 85:11Isaiah 60:18Isaiah 62:7