Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.

Young's Literal Translation

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 the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:7and hast taken the anointing oil, and hast poured [it] on his head, and hast anointed him.

Psalms 2:6'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

Psalms 25:9He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.

Psalms 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

Psalms 68:7O God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy stepping through the wilderness, Selah.

Psalms 102:20To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of 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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