1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up. 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 to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify hint. 4 And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation. 5 And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandmen, and the dressers of your vines. 6 But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory. 7 For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8 For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them. 9 And they shall know their seed among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: all that shall see them, shall know them, that these are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. 10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation: and with the robe of justice he hath covered me, as a bridegroom decked with a crown, and as a bride adorned with her jewels. 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.
Isaiah · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Isaiah 61 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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Cross references (11)
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- 1 Luke 4:18–19; Luke 7:22; Isaiah 42:7; Matthew 11:5; Psalm 147:3
- 2 Matthew 5:4; Isaiah 34:8; Luke 4:19; Isaiah 57:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17
- 3 Psalm 30:11; Jeremiah 17:7–8; John 16:20; Isaiah 61:10; Psalm 45:7
- 4 Isaiah 58:12; Amos 9:14–15; Ezekiel 36:33–36; Ezekiel 36:23–26; Isaiah 49:6–8
- 5 Isaiah 60:10–14; Isaiah 14:1–2; Ephesians 2:12–20
- 6 Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 2:5; Isaiah 60:5–7; Revelation 5:10
- 7 Job 42:10; Zechariah 9:12; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 60:19–20; Psalm 16:11
- 8 Psalm 11:7; Jeremiah 9:24; Zechariah 8:16–17; Jeremiah 32:40; Genesis 17:7
- 9 Isaiah 44:3; Psalm 115:14; Acts 3:26; Genesis 22:18; Romans 9:3–4
- 10 Revelation 19:7–8; Psalm 132:16; Psalm 132:9; Philippians 3:9; Revelation 21:2
- 11 Isaiah 58:11; 1 Peter 2:9; Mark 4:26–32; Isaiah 55:10–11; Psalm 85:11
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What the Fathers said
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… suffered in the twelfth month, so that He continued to preach for one year after His baptism; and they endeavour to establish this point out of the prophet (for it is written, "To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of retribution" ), being truly blind, inasmuch as they affirm they have found out the mysteries of …
For a single person is represented as saying, "He hath decked me as a bridegroom with ornaments, and adorned me as a bride with jewels" and yet it is, of course, a matter for interpretation which of these two refers to the head and which to the body, that is, which to Christ and which to the Church.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Let my soul rejoice in the Lord: for He hath clothed me with a garment of salvation, and a robe of gladness: He hath crowned me with a garland as a bridegroom, and decked me with ornaments as a bride: that the soul of every one of you may be found not having spot or wrinkle or any such …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
And Isaiah also speaking in the person of the Lord says, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He hath anointed me.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… sent Me to preach the Gospel to the lowly, to heal the broken up in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and sight to the blind; to announce the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance; to comfort all that mourn." For inasmuch as the Word of God was man from the root of Jesse, and …