Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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Exodus 29:7Then shall you take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Psalms 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 25:9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 45:7You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Psalms 68:7O God, when you went forth before your people, when you did march through the wilderness; Selah:
Psalms 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed 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 →