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"Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

"For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you.

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

"Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

"Raise your eyes all around and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, And your daughters will be carried on the hip.

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

"Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you.

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

"She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus : for he shall save his people from their sins.

"You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD anointed me To bring good news to the humble; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners;

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord , and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord , that he might be glorified.

who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men.

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.