1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, 3 to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. 4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers. 6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches. 7 Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. 8 For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed. 10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
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Isaiah 61 Majority Standard Bible
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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 …