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to console those who mourn in Zion,
to give them beauty for ashes,
    the oil of joy for mourning,[a]
    the garment of praise
        for the spirit of heaviness,
    that they might be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of Adonai,
    that He may be glorified.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins.
They will restore former desolations.
They will repair the ruined cities,
the desolations of many generations.
Strangers will stand and shepherd your flocks,
children of foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:3 cf. Heb. 1:9.