God Has A Double Portion For You

The Spirit of the Sovereign
Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to preach good news to the
poor.
He has sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the
captives
and release from darkness for the
prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's
favor
and the day of vengeance of our
God,
to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in
Zion-
to bestow on them a crown of
beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of
righteousness,
a planting of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins
and restore the places long
devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for
generations.
Aliens will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and
vineyards.
And you will be called priests of the
Lord,
you will be named ministers of our
God.
You will feed on the wealth of
nations,
and in their riches you will boast.

Instead of their shame
my people will receive a double
portion,
and instead of disgrace
they will rejoice in their
inheritance;
and so they will inherit a double
portion of their land,
and everlasting joy will be theirs.

For I, the Lord, love justice;
I hate robbery and iniquity.
In my faithfulness I will reward them
and make an everlasting covenant
with them.
Their descendants will be known
among the nations
and their offspring among the
peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has
blessed.

I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments
of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of
righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head
like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself
with her jewels.
For as the soil makes the sprout come
up
and a garden causes seeds to
grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make
righteousness and praise
spring up before all nations.
Isaiah 61