--- title: Isaiah 61 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Isaiah chapter 61 of the Tanakh (Nevi'im — the Prophets) in Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath se --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/61/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/) / chapter 61 # Isaiah 61 11 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum Jonathan) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [61:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.1/) — רוּחַ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה עָלָי יַעַן מָשַׁח יְהוָה אֹתִי לְבַשֵּׂר עֲנָוִים שְׁלָחַנִי לַחֲבֹשׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב לִקְרֹא לִשְׁבוּיִם דְּרוֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִים פְּקַח־קֽוֹחַפְּקַח־קֽוֹחַ׃ — The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the eyes to them that are bound; - [61:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.2/) — לִקְרֹא שְׁנַת־רָצוֹן לַֽיהוָה וְיוֹם נָקָם לֵאלֹהֵינוּ לְנַחֵם כָּל־אֲבֵלִֽים׃ — To proclaim the year of the LORD'S good pleasure, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; - [61:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.3/) — לָשׂוּם ׀ לַאֲבֵלֵי צִיּוֹן לָתֵת לָהֶם פְּאֵר תַּחַת אֵפֶר שֶׁמֶן שָׂשׂוֹן תַּחַת אֵבֶל מַעֲטֵה תְהִלָּה תַּחַת רוּחַ כֵּהָה וְקֹרָא לָהֶם אֵילֵי הַצֶּדֶק מַטַּע יְהוָה לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר׃ — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, wherein He might glory. - [61:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.4/) — וּבָנוּ חָרְבוֹת עוֹלָם שֹׁמְמוֹת רִֽאשֹׁנִים יְקוֹמֵמוּ וְחִדְּשׁוּ עָרֵי חֹרֶב שֹׁמְמוֹת דּוֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ — 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. - [61:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.5/) — וְעָמְדוּ זָרִים וְרָעוּ צֹאנְכֶם וּבְנֵי נֵכָר אִכָּרֵיכֶם וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃ — And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. - [61:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.6/) — וְאַתֶּם כֹּהֲנֵי יְהוָה תִּקָּרֵאוּ מְשָׁרְתֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם חֵיל גּוֹיִם תֹּאכֵלוּ וּבִכְבוֹדָם תִּתְיַמָּֽרוּ׃ — But ye shall be named the priests of the LORD, men shall call you the ministers of our God; ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their splendour shall ye revel. - [61:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.7/) — תַּחַת בָּשְׁתְּכֶם מִשְׁנֶה וּכְלִמָּה יָרֹנּוּ חֶלְקָם לָכֵן בְּאַרְצָם מִשְׁנֶה יִירָשׁוּ שִׂמְחַת עוֹלָם תִּֽהְיֶה לָהֶֽם׃ — For your shame which was double, and for that they rejoiced: 'Confusion is their portion'; therefore in their land they shall possess double, everlasting joy shall be unto them. - [61:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.8/) — כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֹהֵב מִשְׁפָּט שֹׂנֵא גָזֵל בְּעוֹלָה וְנָתַתִּי פְעֻלָּתָם בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְרִית עוֹלָם אֶכְרוֹת לָהֶֽם׃ — For I the LORD 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. - [61:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.9/) — וְנוֹדַע בַּגּוֹיִם זַרְעָם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶם בְּתוֹךְ הָעַמִּים כָּל־רֹֽאֵיהֶם יַכִּירוּם כִּי הֵם זֶרַע בֵּרַךְ יְהוָֽה׃ס — 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 hath blessed. - [61:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.10/) — שׂוֹשׂ אָשִׂישׂ בַּֽיהוָה תָּגֵל נַפְשִׁי בֵּֽאלֹהַי כִּי הִלְבִּישַׁנִי בִּגְדֵי־יֶשַׁע מְעִיל צְדָקָה יְעָטָנִי כֶּֽחָתָן יְכַהֵן פְּאֵר וְכַכַּלָּה תַּעְדֶּה כֵלֶֽיהָ׃ — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, 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 victory, as a bridegroom putteth on a priestly diadem, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. - [61:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.61.11/) — כִּי כָאָרֶץ תּוֹצִיא צִמְחָהּ וּכְגַנָּה זֵרוּעֶיהָ תַצְמִיחַ כֵּן ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה יַצְמִיחַ צְדָקָה וּתְהִלָּה נֶגֶד כָּל־הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ — For as the earth bringeth forth her growth, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause victory and glory to spring forth before all the nations. - ← previous: [Isaiah 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/60/) - next →: [Isaiah 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/62/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/)