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\c 61
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\q1
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\v 1 The Spirit of Yahweh our Lord is on me;
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\q2 he has appointed me to bring good news to those who are oppressed,
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\q1 to comfort those who are discouraged,
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\q2 and to free all those who are as though they are chained by the wrong things that they continually do.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 2 He has sent me to tell those who mourn
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\q2 that now is the time when Yahweh will act kindly toward his people;
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\q1 now is the time when our God will get revenge on their enemies.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 To all those in Jerusalem who mourn,
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\q1 he will give beautiful things to wear on their heads
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\q2 instead of ashes that they put on their heads to show that they were sad;
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\q1 he will cause them to rejoice instead of being sad;
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\q2 he will enable them to be happy instead of being discouraged.
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\q1 They will be called 'people who continually do what is right,
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\q2 people who are like tall oak trees that Yahweh has planted'
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\q1 to show others that he is very great.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 Those who return from Babylon will rebuild the cities that the soldiers from Babylon tore down.
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\q2 Even though those cities have been destroyed and abandoned for many years,
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\q1 they will be restored.
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\q1
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\v 5 Foreigners will be the ones who will take care of your flocks of sheep and goats,
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\q2 and plow your fields and take care of your grapevines.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 But you are the ones who will be like the priests to serve Yahweh,
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\q2 to work for God.
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\q1 You will enjoy valuable goods that are brought from other nations,
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\q2 and you will be happy that those things have become yours.
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\q1
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\v 7 Previously you were shamed and disgraced,
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\q2 but now you will have great blessings;
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\q1 previously your enemies humbled you,
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\q2 but now you will have many good things;
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\q1 you will be happy because you will be in your land again,
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\q2 and you will rejoice forever.
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\s5
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\v 8 "I, Yahweh, am very pleased with those who decide matters fairly;
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\q2 I hate those who illegally take things from other people.
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\q1 I will surely repay my people
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\q2 for all that they have suffered in the past.
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\q1 And I will make an everlasting agreement with them.
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\q1
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\v 9 Their descendants will be honored by people of other nations; their children will be honored by all the other nations.
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\q2 Everyone who sees them will know that they are a nation that I, Yahweh, have blessed."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 I greatly rejoice because of what Yahweh has done!
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\q2 I am happy in all my inner being,
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\q1 because he has saved me and declared that I am righteous;
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\q2 those blessings are like a robe that he has put on me.
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\q1 I am as happy as a bridegroom in his wedding clothes,
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\q2 or a bride wearing jewels.
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\q1
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\v 11 Just as seeds sown in a garden sprout from the soil and grow,
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\q2 Yahweh our God will cause people of all nations to act righteously,
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\q1 with the result that they will praise him for doing that.
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