Isaiah 61
61
Messiah’s Jubilee
1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,#Is 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; Lk 4:18–19
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.#Lk 7:22
He has sent me to heal#61:1 Lit bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;#Is 42:7; 49:9
2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,#Is 49:8
and the day of our God’s vengeance;#Is 2:12; 13:6; 34:2,8
to comfort#Is 40:1 all who mourn,
3to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,#Ps 45:7; Heb 1:9
and splendid clothes instead of despair.#61:3 Lit a dim spirit
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify him.#Is 60:21; Jr 17:7–8
4They will rebuild the ancient ruins;#Is 49:8; 58:12; Ezk 36:33; Am 9:14
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.#Is 14:2; 60:10
6But you will be called the Lord’s priests;#Ex 19:6; Is 66:21; 1Pt 2:5,9
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
7In place of your shame, you will have a double portion;#Is 54:4
in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share.
So they will possess double in their land,#Is 40:2; Zch 9:12
and eternal joy will be theirs.
8For I the Lord love justice;#Ps 11:7; Is 59:15
I hate robbery and injustice;#61:8 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering
I will faithfully reward my people
and make a permanent covenant#Is 24:5; 55:3 with them.
9Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.
10I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,#Is 49:18; 52:1; 59:17
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.#Rv 21:2
11For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.#Is 45:23–24; 60:18,21
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Isaiah 61
61
The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People
1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,
because the Lord has chosen#tn Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task. me.#sn The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion’s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God’s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord’s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4; see also 51:16).
He has commissioned#tn Or “sent” (NAB); NCV “has appointed me.” me to encourage#tn Or “proclaim good news to.” the poor,
to help#tn Heb “to bind up [the wounds of].” the brokenhearted,
to decree the release of captives,
and the freeing of prisoners,
2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance,#tn Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.
to console all who mourn,
3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,
by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,
oil symbolizing joy,#tn Heb “oil of joy” (KJV, ASV); NASB, NIV, NRSV “the oil of gladness.” instead of mourning,
a garment symbolizing praise,#tn Heb “garment of praise.” instead of discouragement.#tn Heb “a faint spirit” (so NRSV); KJV, ASV “the spirit of heaviness”; NASB “a spirit of fainting.”
They will be called oaks of righteousness,#tn Rather than referring to the character of the people, צֶדֶק (tsedeq) may carry the nuance “vindication” here, suggesting that God’s restored people are a testimony to his justice. See v. 2, which alludes to the fact that God will take vengeance against the enemies of his people. Cf. NAB “oaks of justice.”
trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.#tn Heb “a planting of the Lord to reveal splendor.”
4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins
and restore the places that were desolate;#tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”
they will reestablish the ruined cities,
the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
5#sn The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9). It is not clear where the servant’s speech (see vv. 1-3a) ends and the Lord’s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord’s speech. “Foreigners will take care of#tn Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.” your sheep;
foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.
6 You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests,
servants of our God.’#tn The Hebrew text adds, “it will be said concerning you.”
You will enjoy#tn Heb “eat” (KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “feed on”; NLT “be fed with.” the wealth of nations
and boast about#tc The form in the Hebrew text is probably a corruption of יִתְאַמְּרוּ (yit’ammÿru), a Hitpael from אָמַר (’amar), meaning “boast about” (see HALOT 67 s.v. II אמר, HALOT 416 s.v. ימר, and BDB 56 s.v. אָמַר). the riches you receive from them.#tn Heb “their glory” (i.e., riches).
7 Instead of shame, you will get a double portion;#tn Heb “instead of your shame, a double portion.”
instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive.#tn Heb “and [instead of] humiliation they will rejoice [over] their portion.” The term תָחָת (takhat, “instead of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
Yes,#tn Heb “therefore” (so KJV, NASB); NIV “and so.” they will possess a double portion in their land
and experience lasting joy.
8 For I, the Lord, love justice
and hate robbery and sin.
I will repay them because of my faithfulness;#tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”
I will make a permanent covenant with them.
9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the Lord has blessed them.”#tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”
10 I#sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration. will greatly rejoice#tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis. in the Lord;
I will be overjoyed because of my God.#tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”
For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;
he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication.#tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”
I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;
I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.#tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.
11 For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance#tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1). to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.#tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”
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