Isaiah 61:3
that there should be given to them that mourn in Zion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to comfort all that mourn;
Cross References
Psalms 23:5He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, 1 And mercy from God his Savior. 1
Psalms 30:12I became a reproach among all mine enemies, 1 But exceedingly so to my neighbors, 1 And a fear to mine acquaintance: 1 They that saw me without fled from me. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:8Let thy garments be always white; 1 And let not oil be wanting on thy head. 1
Isaiah 60:20For the sun shall no more set, nor shall the moon be eclipsed; for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be completed.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 61:2-4
The Office of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord , and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the… Read the whole commentary →