Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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Exodus 29:7and shalt take the anointing oil, and pour [it] on his head, and anoint him.
Psalms 2:6And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
Psalms 25:9The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
Psalms 68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness (Selah)
Psalms 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 61:1
In this chapter, I. We are sure to find the grace of Christ, published by himself to a lost world in the everlasting gospel, under the type and figure of Isaiah's province, which was to foretel the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon, ver. 1-3 . II. We think we find the glories of the church of Christ, its spiritual glories, described under the type and figure of the Jews' prosperity after their return out of their captivity. 1. It is promised that they decays of the church shall be repaired, ver. 4 . 2. That… Read the whole commentary →