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Isaiah 61 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent [fn] me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:2 - to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompence; to comfort all that mourn;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:3 - that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the [fn]oil of joy to the mourners, [fn]the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:4 - And they shall build the old waste places, they shall raise up those that were before made desolate, and shall renew the desert cities, even those that had been desolate for many generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:5 - And strangers shall come and feed thy flocks, and aliens shall be thy ploughmen and vine-dressers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:6 - But ye shall be called priests of the Lord, the ministers of God: ye shall eat the strength of nations, and shall be admired because of their wealth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:7 - Thus shall they inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:8 - For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labour to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:9 - And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: every one that sees them shall [fn]take notice of them, that they are a seed blessed of God;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord. Let my soul rejoice in the Lord; for he has clothed me with the robe of salvation, and the garment of joy: he has put a mitre on me as on a bridegroom, and adorned me with ornaments as a bride.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:11 - And as the earth putting forth her flowers, and as a garden its seed; so shall the Lord, even the Lord, cause righteousness to spring forth, and exultation before all nations.
BES Footnotes
Luke 4:18.
Alex. reads καταστολὴν as one word.
Or, anointing.
Or, acknowledge.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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