Chapter 61
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;
Spirit
11:2-5 42:1 59:21 Matthew 3:16 Luke 4:18,19 John 1:32,33 3:34
anointed
Psalms 2:6 *marg:; Psalms 45:7 Daniel 9:24 John 1:41 Acts 4:27 10:38 Hebrews 1:9
to preach
52:9 Psalms 22:26 25:9 69:32 149:4 Matthew 5:3-5 11:5 Luke 7:22
to bind
57:15 66:2 Psalms 34:18 51:17 147:3 Hosea 6:1 2 Corinthians 7:6
to proclaim
The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bound, and the year of acceptance with Jehovah, is a manifest allusion to the proclaiming of the year of the jubilee by sound of trumpet; and our Saviour, by applying this text to himself, plainly declares the typical design of that institution.
42:7 49:9,24,25 Psalms 102:20 Jeremiah 34:8 Zechariah 9:11,12 John 8:32-36 Acts 26:18 Romans 6:16-22 7:23-25 2 Timothy 2:25,26
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
the acceptable
Leviticus 25:9-13 Luke 4:19 2 Corinthians 6:2
and
34:8 35:4 59:17,18 63:1-6 66:14 Psalms 110:5,6 Jeremiah 46:10 Malachi 4:1-3 Luke 21:22-24 1 Thessalonians 2:16 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
to comfort
25:8 57:18 66:10-12 Jeremiah 31:13 Matthew 5:4 Luke 6:21 7:44-50 John 16:20-22 2 Corinthians 1:4,5 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17
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.
beauty
12:1 Esther 4:1-3 8:15 9:22 Psalms 30:11 Ezekiel 16:8-13
the oil
Psalms 23:5 45:7 104:15 Ecclesiastes 9:8 John 16:20
the garment
10 Zechariah 3:5 Luke 15:22 Revelation 7:9-14
called
60:21 Psalms 92:12-15 Jeremiah 17:7,8 Matthew 7:17-19
that he
Matthew 5:16 John 15:8 1 Corinthians 6:20 Philippians 1:11 2 Thessalonians 1:10 1 Peter 2:9 4:9-11,14
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
49:6-8 58:12 Ezekiel 36:23-26,33-36 Amos 9:14,15
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
14:1,2 60:10-14 Ephesians 2:12-20
But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
named
60:17 66:21 Exodus 19:6 Romans 12:1 1 Peter 2:5,9 Revelation 1:6 5:10 20:6
called
Ezekiel 14:11 1 Corinthians 3:5 4:1 2 Corinthians 6:4 11:23 Ephesians 4:11,12
ye shall eat
23:18 60:5-7,10,11,16 66:12 Acts 11:28-30 Romans 15:26,27
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
your shame
40:2 Deuteronomy 21:17 2 Kings 2:9 Job 42:10 Zechariah 9:12 2 Corinthians 4:17
everlasting
35:10 51:11 60:19,20 Psalms 16:11 Matthew 25:46 2 Thessalonians 2:16
For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
I the Lord
Psalms 11:7 33:5 37:28 45:7 99:4 Jeremiah 9:24 Zechariah 8:16,17
I hate
1:11-13 1 Samuel 15:21-24 Jeremiah 7:8-11 Amos 5:21-24 Matthew 23:14
I will direct
Psalms 25:8-12 32:8 Proverbs 3:6 8:20 2 Thessalonians 3:5
I will make
55:3 Genesis 17:7 2 Samuel 23:5 Psalms 50:5 Jeremiah 32:40 Hebrews 13:20,21
And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
their seed
44:3 Genesis 22:18 Zechariah 8:13 Romans 9:3,4
they are
65:23 Psalms 115:14 Acts 3:26 Romans 11:16-24
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 righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
will greatly
35:10 51:11 1 Samuel 2:1 Nehemiah 8:10 Psalms 28:7 Habakkuk 3:18 Zechariah 10:7 Luke 1:46,47 Romans 5:11 Philippians 3:1-3 4:4 1 Peter 1:8 Revelation 19:7,8
for
3 52:1 2 Chronicles 6:41 Psalms 132:9,16 Luke 15:22 Romans 3:22 13:14 14:17 Galatians 3:27 Philippians 3:9 Revelation 4:4 7:9-14 21:2
as a
49:18 Psalms 45:8,9,13,14 Jeremiah 2:32 Ezekiel 16:8-16 Revelation 19:7,8 21:2,9
decketh himself
Heb. decketh as a priest.
with her
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
as the earth
55:10,11 58:11 Song of Solomon 4:16 5:1 Matthew 13:3,8,23 Mark 4:26-32
so
45:8 62:1 Psalms 72:3,16 85:11