61 First John

13 Isaiah 61:1-2
¹The spirit of Master Yahvah is on me, because Yahvah has anointed me and sent me to preach good news to the meek; to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and release to prisoners;
²to proclaim the acceptable year of Yahvah, and the day of the salvation of our god; to comfort all that mourn;

13 Isaiah 61:3-62:0
³to give to the mourners of Zion beauty instead of ashes, perfume instead of mourning, a cloak of beauty instead of the spirit of heaviness; they will be called men of righteousness, the planting of Yahvah, which is glorious.
⁴And they will build the old ruins, they will raise up the former desolations, and they will repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

⁵And strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien will be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
⁶But you will be named the priests of Yahvah; men will call you the ministers of our god; you will eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory you will boast yourselves.
⁷Instead of your shame and your confusion, you will have a double inheritance in their lands, and you will rejoice in their portion; everlasting joy will be yours.

⁸For I, Yahvah, love justice, and I hate robbery and iniquity; I will direct your work in truth and I will make an everlasting contract with you.
⁹Your offspring will be known among the Gentiles, and your sons among the nations; all who see you will recognize you, that you are the offspring that Yahvah has blessed.

¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in Yahvah and my soul will 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 in splendor and as a bride adorns herself with jewels.
¹¹For as the land brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the seed which is sown in it to spring forth, so Master Yahvah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.