Isaiah 61:1

רוּחַ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה עָלָי יַעַן מָשַׁח יְהוָה אֹתִי לְבַשֵּׂר עֲנָוִים שְׁלָחַנִי לַחֲבֹשׁ לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי ־ לֵב לִקְרֹא לִשְׁבוּיִם דְּרוֹר וְלַאֲסוּרִים פְּקַח ־ קֽוֹחַ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2לִקְרֹא שְׁנַת ־ רָצוֹן לַֽיהוָה וְיוֹם נָקָם לֵאלֹהֵינוּ לְנַחֵם כָּל ־ אֲבֵלִֽים ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 29:7וְלָֽקַחְתָּ אֶת ־ שֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וְיָצַקְתָּ עַל ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וּמָשַׁחְתָּ אֹתֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 2:6וַאֲנִי נָסַכְתִּי מַלְכִּי עַל ־ צִיּוֹן הַר ־ קָדְשִֽׁי ׃

Psalms 25:9יַדְרֵךְ עֲנָוִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּט וִֽילַמֵּד עֲנָוִים דַּרְכּֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 45:7כִּסְאֲךָ אֱלֹהִים עוֹלָם וָעֶד שֵׁבֶט מִישֹׁר שֵׁבֶט מַלְכוּתֶֽךָ ׃

Psalms 68:7אֱלֹהִים ׀ מוֹשִׁיב יְחִידִים ׀ בַּיְתָה מוֹצִיא אֲסִירִים בַּכּוֹשָׁרוֹת אַךְ סוֹרֲרִים שָׁכְנוּ צְחִיחָֽה ׃

Psalms 102:20כִּֽי ־ הִשְׁקִיף מִמְּרוֹם קָדְשׁוֹ יְהוָה מִשָּׁמַיִם ׀ אֶל ־ אֶרֶץ הִבִּֽיט ׃

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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