{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/61","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:50:28.280Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":61,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":60,"nextChapter":62,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath 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;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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 Jehovah hath blessed."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 61 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 61](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/61)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/61 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}