Isaiah 61
61
The Anointed Bearer of Glad Tidings
1#The prophet proclaims that he has been anointed by the Lord to bring good news (cf. 40:9) to the afflicted and to comfort Zion. The background to the “year of favor” is the jubilee year of release from debts (Lv 25:10–11; Is 49:8). The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
release to the prisoners,#Is 40:9; 42:1; 48:16; 52:7; 58:7; Lk 4:18–19.
2To announce a year of favor from the Lord
and a day of vindication by our God;
To comfort all who mourn;#Mt 5:4.
3to place on those who mourn in Zion
a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning,
a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit.
Restoration and Blessing
They will be called oaks of justice,
the planting of the Lord to show his glory.
4They shall rebuild the ancient ruins,
the former wastes they shall raise up
And restore the desolate cities,
devastations of generation upon generation.#Is 58:12.
5Strangers shall stand ready to pasture your flocks,
foreigners shall be your farmers and vinedressers.
6#The bestowal of a new name suggests a new identity and mission. The whole people will be priests (cf. Ex 19:6), even ministering to nations who will serve God’s people. You yourselves shall be called “Priests of the Lord,”
“Ministers of our God” you shall be called.
You shall eat the wealth of the nations
and in their riches you will boast.#Ex 19:6; 1 Pt 2:9.
7Because their shame was twofold#Twofold: Israel was punished double for infidelity (40:2); the blessings of its restoration will also be double.
and disgrace was proclaimed their portion,
They will possess twofold in their own land;
everlasting joy shall be theirs.#Is 40:2.
God’s Word of Promise
8For I, the Lord, love justice,
I hate robbery and wrongdoing;
I will faithfully give them their recompense,
an everlasting covenant I will make with them.#Is 55:3; 54:9–10; 59:21.
9Their offspring shall be renowned among the nations,
and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;
All who see them shall acknowledge them:
“They are offspring the Lord has blessed.”
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance
10#The new life of the restored Zion is expressed in nuptial (cf. also 62:5) and agricultural (cf. v. 3; 60:21) imagery. I will rejoice heartily in the Lord,
my being exults in my God;
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
and wrapped me in a robe of justice,
Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem,
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.#1 Sm 2:1; Ps 138:1–2.
11As the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,
So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.
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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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