## Isaiah Chapter 61

###### Isaiah 61:1
[Isaiah 61:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:1)

ר֛וּחַ אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִ֖ה עָלָ֑י יַ֡עַן מָשַׁח֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֹתִ֜י לְבַשֵּׂ֣ר עֲנָוִ֗ים שְׁלָחַ֙נִי֙ לַחֲבֹ֣שׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵ֔ב לִקְרֹ֤א לִשְׁבוּיִם֙ דְּר֔וֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִ֖ים פְּקַח־קֽוֹחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me to announce good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;


###### Isaiah 61:2
[Isaiah 61:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:2)

לִקְרֹ֤א שְׁנַת־רָצוֹן֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וְי֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְנַחֵ֖ם כׇּל־אֲבֵלִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord, and a day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;


###### Isaiah 61:3
[Isaiah 61:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:3)

לָשׂ֣וּם**׀** לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן לָתֵת֩ לָהֶ֨ם פְּאֵ֜ר תַּ֣חַת אֵ֗פֶר שֶׁ֤מֶן שָׂשׂוֹן֙ תַּ֣חַת אֵ֔בֶל מַעֲטֵ֣ה תְהִלָּ֔ה תַּ֖חַת ר֣וּחַ כֵּהָ֑ה וְקֹרָ֤א לָהֶם֙ אֵילֵ֣י הַצֶּ֔דֶק מַטַּ֥ע יְהֹוָ֖ה לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to appoint to those who mourn in Żiyyon, to give to them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heav­iness, that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.


###### Isaiah 61:4
[Isaiah 61:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:4)

וּבָנוּ֙ חׇרְב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם שֹׁמְמ֥וֹת רִאשֹׁנִ֖ים יְקוֹמֵ֑מוּ וְחִדְּשׁוּ֙ עָ֣רֵי חֹ֔רֶב שֹׁמְמ֖וֹת דּ֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall renew the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.


###### Isaiah 61:5
[Isaiah 61:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:5)

וְעָמְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים וְרָע֖וּ צֹאנְכֶ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י נֵכָ֔ר אִכָּרֵיכֶ֖ם וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vine­dressers.


###### Isaiah 61:6
[Isaiah 61:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:6)

וְאַתֶּ֗ם כֹּהֲנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ יֵאָמֵ֖ר לָכֶ֑ם חֵ֤יל גּוֹיִם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ וּבִכְבוֹדָ֖ם תִּתְיַמָּֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But you shall be named, Priests of the Lord: men shall say of you, Ministers of our God. You shall eat the riches of the nations, and you shall gain grandeur by their wealth.


###### Isaiah 61:7
[Isaiah 61:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:7)

תַּ֤חַת בׇּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ מִשְׁנֶ֔ה וּכְלִמָּ֖ה יָרֹ֣נּוּ חֶלְקָ֑ם לָכֵ֤ן בְּאַרְצָם֙ מִשְׁנֶ֣ה יִירָ֔שׁוּ שִׂמְחַ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תִּהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Instead of your shame, you shall have a double portion; and instead of dishonour they shall rejoice in their lot: therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; everlasting joy shall be theirs.


###### Isaiah 61:8
[Isaiah 61:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:8)

כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֹהֵ֣ב מִשְׁפָּ֔ט שֹׂנֵ֥א גָזֵ֖ל בְּעוֹלָ֑ה וְנָתַתִּ֤י פְעֻלָּתָם֙ בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת וּבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם אֶכְר֥וֹת לָהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery with burnt offerings; and I will give them their reward in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.


###### Isaiah 61:9
[Isaiah 61:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:9)

וְנוֹדַ֤ע בַּגּוֹיִם֙ זַרְעָ֔ם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעַמִּ֑ים כׇּל־רֹֽאֵיהֶם֙ יַכִּיר֔וּם כִּ֛י הֵ֥ם זֶ֖רַע בֵּרַ֥ךְ יְהֹוָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their off­spring among the peoples: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord has blessed.


###### Isaiah 61:10
[Isaiah 61:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:10)

שׂ֧וֹשׂ אָשִׂ֣ישׂ בַּֽיהֹוָ֗ה תָּגֵ֤ל נַפְשִׁי֙ בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔י כִּ֤י הִלְבִּישַׁ֙נִי֙ בִּגְדֵי־יֶ֔שַׁע מְעִ֥יל צְדָקָ֖ה יְעָטָ֑נִי כֶּֽחָתָן֙ יְכַהֵ֣ן פְּאֵ֔ר וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה תַּעְדֶּ֥ה כֵלֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteous­ness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns her­self with her jewels.


###### Isaiah 61:11
[Isaiah 61:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/61:11)

כִּ֤י כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ תּוֹצִ֣יא צִמְחָ֔הּ וּכְגַנָּ֖ה זֵרוּעֶ֣יהָ תַצְמִ֑יחַ כֵּ֣ן**׀** אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה יַצְמִ֤יחַ צְדָקָה֙ וּתְהִלָּ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For as the earth brings forth her growth, and as the garden causes 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.