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Isaiah 60:12-61:4 MWT . . .Any nation or kingdom that refuses to serve you will be destroyed. (13) Wood from Lebanon's best trees will be brought to you-- the pines, the firs, and the cypress trees. It will be used in my temple to make beautiful the place where I rest my feet. (14) The descendants of enemies who hated and mistreated you will kneel at your feet. They will say, "You are Zion, the city of יהוה, the holy God of Israel." (Gal 3:26-29 of 19-29) (15) You were hated and deserted, rejected by everyone. But I will make you beautiful, a city to be proud of for all time to come. (16) You will drain the wealth of kings and foreign nations. You will know that I, יהוה, the mighty LORD (יהוה) God of Israel, have saved and rescued you. (17) I will bring bronze and iron in place of wood and stone; in place of bronze and iron, I will bring gold and silver. I will appoint peace and justice as your rulers and leaders. (18) Violence, destruction, and ruin will never again be heard of within your borders. "Victory" will be the name you give to your walls; "Praise" will be the name you give to your gates. (19) You won't need the light of the sun or the moon. I, יהוה, will be your eternal light and bring you honor. (20) Your sun will never set or your moon go down. I, יהוה, will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will come to an end. (21) Your people will live right and always own the land; they are the trees I planted to bring praise to me. (22) Even the smallest family will be a powerful nation. I am יהוה, and when the time comes, I will quickly speed it to it's conclusion.
Isaiah 61:1-4 MWT . . .The Spirit of יהוה God has taken control of me! יהוה has chosen and sent me to tell oppressed people the good news [of Christ's Kingdom], (Rev 21:1-4) to heal the brokenhearted, and to announce freedom for prisoners and captives. (2) This is the year when יהוה God will show kindness to us and punish our enemies. יהוה has sent me to comfort those who mourn, (3) especially in Jerusalem. He sent me to give them flowers in place of their sorrow, olive oil in place of tears, and joyous praise in place of broken hearts. They will be called "Trees of Justice," planted by יהוה to honor his name. (4) Then they will rebuild cities that have been in ruins for many generations.
Isaiah 60:12-61:4 NWT . . .For any nation and any kingdom that will not serve you will perish; and the nations themselves will without fail come to devastation. 13 “To you the very glory of Leb´a·non will come, the juniper tree, the ash tree and the cypress at the same time, in order to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I shall glorify the very place of my feet. 14 “And to you the sons of those afflicting you must go, bowing down; and all those treating you disrespectfully must bend down at the very soles of your feet, and they will have to call you the city of Jehovah (יהוה), Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Gal 3:26-29 of 19-29) 15 “Instead of your proving to be one left entirely and hated, with nobody passing through, I will even set you as a thing of pride to time indefinite, an exultation for generation after generation. 16 And you will actually suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings you will suck; and you will be certain to know that I, Jehovah (יהוה), am your Savior, and the Powerful One of Jacob is your Repurchaser. 17 Instead of the copper I shall bring in gold, and instead of the iron I shall bring in silver, and instead of the wood, copper, and instead of the stones, iron; and I will appoint peace as your overseers and righteousness as your task assigners. 18 “No more will violence be heard in your land, despoiling or breakdown within your boundaries. And you will certainly call your own walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 19 For you the sun will no more prove to be a light by day, and for brightness the moon itself will no more give you light. And Jehovah (יהוה) must become to you an indefinitely lasting light, and your God your beauty. 20 No more will your sun set, nor will your moon go on the wane; for Jehovah (יהוה) himself will become for you an indefinitely lasting light, and the days of your mourning will have come to completion. 21 And as for your people, all of them will be righteous; to time indefinite they will hold possession of the land, the sprout of my planting, the work of my hands, for [me] to be beautified. 22 The little one himself will become a thousand, and the small one a mighty nation. I myself, Jehovah (יהוה), shall speed it up in its own time.”
61:1 . . .The spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah (יהוה) is upon me, for the reason that Jehovah (יהוה) has anointed me to tell good news to the meek ones. (Rev 21:1-4) He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to those taken captive and the wide opening [of the eyes] even to the prisoners; 2 to proclaim the year of goodwill on the part of Jehovah (יהוה) and the day of vengeance on the part of our God; to comfort all the mourning ones; 3 to assign to those mourning over Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of exultation instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of the downhearted spirit; and they must be called big trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah (יהוה), for [him] to be beautified. 4 And they must rebuild the long-standing devastated places; they will raise up even the desolated places of former times, and they will certainly make anew the devastated cities, the places desolate for generation after generation.
Isaiah 60:12-61:4 GW . . .Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will certainly be ruined. (13) "Lebanon's glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place, and I will honor the place where my feet rest. (14) The descendants of those who oppress you will bow in front of you. All who despise you will bow at your feet. They will call you the city of the LORD (יהוה), Zion, the city of the Holy One of Israel. (Gal 3:26-29 of 19-29) (15) "You have been abandoned and hated; no one has passed through you. But now I will make you a source of everlasting pride, a joy for all generations. (16) You will drink milk from other nations and nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I am the LORD (יהוה), your Savior, the Mighty One of Jacob, your Defender. (17) I will bring gold instead of bronze. I will bring silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler. (18) No longer will you hear about violence in your land or desolation and destruction within your borders. You will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. (19) The sun will no longer be your light during the day, nor will the brightness of the moon give you light, But the LORD (יהוה) will be your everlasting light. Your God will be your glory. (20) Your sun will no longer go down, nor will your moon disappear. The LORD (יהוה) will be your everlasting light, and your days of sadness will be over. (21) Then all your people will be righteous, and they will possess the land permanently. They will be the seedling I have planted, the honored work of my hands. (22) The smallest of them will become a family. The weakest of them will become a mighty nation. At the right time I, the LORD (יהוה), will make it happen quickly."
Isaiah 61:1-4 GW . . .The Spirit of the Almighty LORD (יהוה) is with me because the LORD (יהוה) has anointed me to deliver good news to humble people. (Rev 21:1-4) He has sent me to heal those who are brokenhearted, to announce that captives will be set free and prisoners will be released. (2) He has sent me to announce the year of the LORD (יהוה)'S good will and the day of our God's vengeance, to comfort all those who grieve. (3) He has sent me to provide for all those who grieve in Zion, to give them crowns instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of tears of grief, and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, the Plantings of the LORD (יהוה), so that he might display his glory. (4) They will rebuild the ancient ruins. They will restore the places destroyed long ago. They will renew the ruined cities, the places destroyed generations ago.
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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