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Isaiah 61

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 11 verses

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  1. 1

    ר֛וּחַ אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה עָלָ֑י יַ֡עַן מָשַׁח֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֹתִ֜י לְבַשֵּׂ֣ר עֲנָוִ֗ים שְׁלָחַ֨נִי֙ לַחֲבֹ֣שׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי לֵ֔ב לִקְרֹ֤א לִשְׁבוּיִם֙ דְּר֔וֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִ֖ים פְּקַח קֽוֹחַ

    spirit of · Lord my · LORD · upon me · because · to anoint · LORD · - me · to preach · poor · to send me · to bind · to/for breaking · heart · to call · to/for captured · flowing · and to/for bound · opening of · opening

  2. 2

    לִקְרֹ֤א שְׁנַת רָצוֹן֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְי֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְנַחֵ֖ם כָּל אֲבֵלִֽים

    to call · year of · pleasure · to/for LORD · and day of · vengeance · to/for God(s) our · to comfort · all of · mourning

  3. 3

    לָשׂ֣וּם לַאֲבֵלֵ֣י צִיּ֗וֹן לָתֵת֩ לָהֶ֨ם פְּאֵ֜ר תַּ֣חַת אֵ֗פֶר שֶׁ֤מֶן שָׂשׂוֹן֙ תַּ֣חַת אֵ֔בֶל מַעֲטֵ֣ה תְהִלָּ֔ה תַּ֖חַת ר֣וּחַ כֵּהָ֑ה וְקֹרָ֤א לָהֶם֙ אֵילֵ֣י הַצֶּ֔דֶק מַטַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר

    to put · to/for mourning of · Zion · to give · to/for them · turban · under · ashes · fat of · gladness · under · mourning · mantle of · praise · under · spirit · dim · and to call · to/for them · rams of · the righteousness · planting of · LORD · to glorify

  4. 4

    וּבָנוּ֙ חָרְב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם שֹׁמְמ֥וֹת רִֽאשֹׁנִ֖ים יְקוֹמֵ֑מוּ וְחִדְּשׁוּ֙ עָ֣רֵי חֹ֔רֶב שֹׁמְמ֖וֹת דּ֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר

    and to build · ruins of · forever · being desolate · first · to rise · and to renew · cities of · dryness · being desolate · generation · and generation

  5. 5

    וְעָמְד֣וּ זָרִ֔ים וְרָע֖וּ צֹאנְכֶ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י נֵכָ֔ר אִכָּרֵיכֶ֖ם וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם

    and to stand · strange · and to shepherd · flock your · and sons of · foreign · plowmen your · and vinedressers your

  6. 6

    וְאַתֶּ֗ם כֹּהֲנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ יֵאָמֵ֖ר לָכֶ֑ם חֵ֤יל גּוֹיִם֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ וּבִכְבוֹדָ֖ם תִּתְיַמָּֽרוּ

    and you · priests of · LORD · to call · ministering · God(s) our · to say · to/for you · strength of · nations · to eat · and in/at glory their · to exchange

  7. 7

    תַּ֤חַת בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ מִשְׁנֶ֔ה וּכְלִמָּ֖ה יָרֹ֣נּוּ חֶלְקָ֑ם לָכֵ֤ן בְּאַרְצָם֙ מִשְׁנֶ֣ה יִירָ֔שׁוּ שִׂמְחַ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה לָהֶֽם

    under · shame your · second · and shame · to shout · portion their · to/for thus · in/at land their · second · to inherit · joy of · forever · to be · to/for them

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  8. 8

    כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֹהֵ֣ב מִשְׁפָּ֔ט שֹׂנֵ֥א גָזֵ֖ל בְּעוֹלָ֑ה וְנָתַתִּ֤י פְעֻלָּתָם֙ בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת וּבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם אֶכְר֥וֹת לָהֶֽם

    that · I · LORD · loving · judgment · hating · plunder · in/at burnt offering · and to give · wages their · in/at faithfulness · and covenant of · forever · to cut · to/for them

  9. 9

    וְנוֹדַ֤ע בַּגּוֹיִם֙ זַרְעָ֔ם וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעַמִּ֑ים כָּל רֹֽאֵיהֶם֙ יַכִּיר֔וּם כִּ֛י הֵ֥ם זֶ֖רַע בֵּרַ֥ךְ יְהוָֽה

    and to know · in/at the nations · seed their · and offspring their · in/at midst of · the peoples · all of · seeing them · to know them · that · they · seed · to bless · LORD

  10. 10

    שׂ֧וֹשׂ אָשִׂ֣ישׂ בַּֽיהוָ֗ה תָּגֵ֤ל נַפְשִׁי֙ בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔י כִּ֤י הִלְבִּישַׁ֨נִי֙ בִּגְדֵי יֶ֔שַׁע מְעִ֥יל צְדָקָ֖ה יְעָטָ֑נִי כֶּֽחָתָן֙ יְכַהֵ֣ן פְּאֵ֔ר וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה תַּעְדֶּ֥ה כֵלֶֽיהָ

    to rejoice · to rejoice · in/at LORD · to rejoice · soul my · in/at God(s) my · that · to clothe me · garments of · salvation · robe of · righteousness · to cover me · like/as son-in-law · to serve as priest · turban · and like/as the bride · to pass on · vessels her

  11. 11

    כִּ֤י כָאָ֨רֶץ֙ תּוֹצִ֣יא צִמְחָ֔הּ וּכְגַנָּ֖ה זֵרוּעֶ֣יהָ תַצְמִ֑יחַ כֵּ֣ן אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה יַצְמִ֤יחַ צְדָקָה֙ וּתְהִלָּ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כָּל הַגּוֹיִֽם

    that · like/as the land · to go out · sprout her · and like/as garden · seeds her · to sprout · thus · Lord my · LORD · to sprout · righteousness · and praise · before · all of · the nations

About this chapter

  • 11 Verses
  • 165 Hebrew words
  • 120 Distinct lemmas

1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is shorter) — 61:7. Open any to read the two side by side.

Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →

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