Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 61

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Isaiah 61 . 1 , The office of Christ; Isaiah 61 . 4 , The forwardness; Isaiah 61 . 7 , and blessing of the faithful.

Isaiah 61:1

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,

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

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The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bound , and the year of acceptance with Jehovah , is a manifest allusion to the proclaiming of the year of the jubilee by sound of trumpet; and our Saviour , by applying this text to himself , plainly declares the typical design of that institution

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Isaiah 61:2

to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of our God's vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Isaiah 61:2 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:3

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.

Isaiah 61:3 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:4

They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.

Isaiah 61:4 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:5

Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

Isaiah 61:5 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:6

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.

Isaiah 61:6 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:7

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.

Isaiah 61:7 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:8

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.

Isaiah 61:8 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:9

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.

Isaiah 61:9 · BSB

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Isaiah 61:10

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.

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

decketh himself1 parallel

Heb. decketh as a priest

with her1 parallel

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Isaiah 61:11

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.

Isaiah 61:11 · BSB

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