Text: Isaiah 61:2
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 61:2 proclaims "the year of the LORD's favor (שְׁנַת רָצוֹן לַיהוָה, shenat ratson la-YHWH) and the day of vengeance of our God," drawing on the Jubilee legislation of Leviticus 25:10 where the fiftieth year is proclaimed a year of דְּרוֹר (deror, "liberty/release") throughout the land. Isaiah transforms the cyclical Jubilee institution into a singular eschatological event combining mercy ("the year of favor") and judgment ("the day of vengeance"). While Leviticus 25 mandated periodic economic reset every fifty years, Isaiah envisions a definitive, once-for-all intervention in which God simultaneously liberates His people and judges their oppressors — the ultimate Jubilee that no agricultural calendar could contain.
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Text: Leviticus 25:10
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 61:2
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 institutes the Jubilee as the fiftieth year when liberty is proclaimed and property reverts to original owners. Isaiah 61:2 announces "the year of the LORD's favor" (שְׁנַת רָצוֹן לַיהוָה) — language that echoes the Jubilee year, transforming a recurring socioeconomic institution into a singular eschatological event. Where Leviticus prescribes a year of economic restoration every fifty years, Isaiah envisions a definitive "year" of divine favor that brings comprehensive redemption. The pairing of "the year of the LORD's favor" with "the day of vengeance of our God" in Isaiah 61:2 shows that the eschatological Jubilee includes both liberation and judgment — dimensions absent from the Levitical institution.