Text: Isaiah 61:1
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 25:10
Subject: year of release
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology + Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: Isa 61:1-2 — The Spirit of the Lord
Significance: Isaiah 61:1 announces "liberty to the captives" (דְּרוֹר לַשְּׁבוּיִם, deror lashshevuyim), using the exact Jubilee vocabulary from Leviticus 25:10: "proclaim liberty (דְּרוֹר, deror) throughout the land." The rare word דְּרוֹר appears in only a handful of texts, making the verbal connection unmistakable. Leviticus 25 mandates the Jubilee every fiftieth year — slaves freed, debts cancelled, land restored. Isaiah transforms this periodic socioeconomic institution into an eschatological event: the anointed Servant proclaims a cosmic Jubilee that releases not just economic debtors but spiritual captives. The "year of the LORD's favor" (שְׁנַת רָצוֹן, shenat ratson) transcends the agricultural calendar to become the decisive moment of divine redemption.
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Text: Leviticus 25:10
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 61:1
Subject: Jubilee proclamation
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology + Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: Isa 61:1-2 — The Spirit of the Lord
Significance: Leviticus 25:10 commands Israel to "proclaim liberty (דְּרוֹר, deror) throughout the land to all its inhabitants" in the Jubilee year, releasing Hebrew slaves and restoring ancestral property. Isaiah 61:1 employs this same vocabulary when the anointed speaker declares his mission "to proclaim liberty (דְּרוֹר) to the captives." Isaiah transforms the socioeconomic institution of Jubilee into a prophetic-eschatological vision: the physical release of debts and bondservants becomes a metaphor for spiritual liberation from exile and oppression. The shared term דְּרוֹר lexically links the institutional provision to the prophetic promise, suggesting that the Jubilee institution itself was always a shadow of the greater liberation God would accomplish.