Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, For Jehovah hath anointed me; He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the distressed, To bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2To proclaim the year of mercy from Jehovah, And the day of vengeance from our God; To comfort all that mourn;

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6“I myself have anointed my king, Upon Zion, my holy hill!”

Psalms 25:9The humble he guideth in his statutes, And the humble he teacheth his way.

Psalms 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity; Therefore hath God, thy God, anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows!

Psalms 68:7O God! when thou didst go before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness. [[Pause.]]

Psalms 102:20To listen to the sighs of the prisoner. To release those that are doomed to death;

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 →

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