Comparison of Pentateuch:
Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targum Jonathan Ben Uziel:
The Chaldee Paraphrase on
The Prophet Isaiah
C. W. H. Pauli (1871)

 

Isaiah
Chapter 61

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Isaiah 60 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targum TOC Isaiah 62
Isaiah 61:1
JPS 61:1 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;
TJBU 61:1 The prophet said, the spirit of prophecy from before the presence of the Lord God is upon me; because that the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He hath sent me to strengthen the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberly to the captives, and to the prisoners! Appear in light!
 
Isaiah 61:2
JPS 61:2 To proclaim the year of the LORD'S good pleasure, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all that mourn;
TJBU 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, 8 and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.
 
Isaiah 61:3
JPS 61:3 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.
TJBU 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that unto them be given a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the spirit of praise for their spirit which is faint; they shall be called princes of truth, the people of the Lord, that He may assuredly be glorified.
 
Isaiah 61:4
JPS 61:4 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.
TJBU 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the cities which were wastes, the deso lations of many generations.
 
Isaiah 61:5
JPS 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
TJBU 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the Gentiles shall be your plowmen, and they shall dress your vineyards.
 
Isaiah 61:6
JPS 61:6 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.
TJBU 61:6 But ye shall be called the Priests of the Lord: it shall be said of you that ye are those who minister before our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory ye shall delight yourselves.
 
Isaiah 61:7
JPS 61:7 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.
TJBU 61:7 Instead of your having suffered shame, and confusion, I will bring unto you double mercies, which I have promised you; and the Gentiles who glory in their portion shall be confounded: therefore in their own land they shall possess double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
 
Isaiah 61:8
JPS 61:8 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.
TJBU 61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice; lying and vio lence are an abomination in my presence; and I will render the reward of their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
 
Isaiah 61:9
JPS 61:9 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.
TJBU 61:9 And their sons shall be magnified amongst the nations, and their sons' sons amongst the kingdoms: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord has blessed.
 
Isaiah 61:10
JPS 61:10 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.
TJBU 61:10 Jerusalem shall say, I will greatly rejoice in the Word of the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in the salvation of my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the upper garment of righteousness, like a bridegroom who is happy in his bride- chamber, and like the high priest who decketh himself with his robes, and like a bride who is adorned with her jewels.
 
Isaiah 61:11
JPS 61:11 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.
TJBU 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, and as a watered garden causeth the things that are sown in it to grow, thus the Lord God shall reveal the righteousness and the praise of Jerusalem before all the nations.
 
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