1 The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound, 2 to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, 3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 4 They will rebuild the old ruins. They will raise up the former devastated places. They will repair the ruined cities that have been devastated for many generations. 5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards. 6 But you will be called Yahweh’s priests. Men will call you the servants of our God. You will eat the wealth of the nations. You will boast in their glory. 7 Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them. 8 “For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which Yahweh has blessed.” 10 I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
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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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… 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 …