Isaiah 61:1-11 NIV
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
1The
Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on Me,
because
the Lord has anointed Me
to
proclaim good news to the poor.
He has
sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to
proclaim freedom for the captives
and
release from darkness for the prisoners,a
2to
proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the
day of vengeance of our God,
to
comfort all who mourn,
3and
provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to
bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead
of ashes,
the oil
of joy
instead
of mourning,
and a
garment of praise
instead
of a spirit of despair.
They
will be called oaks of righteousness,
a
planting of the Lord
for the
display of His Splendor.
4They
will rebuild the ancient ruins
and
restore the places long devastated;
they
will renew the ruined cities
that
have been devastated for generations.
5Strangers
will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners
will work your fields and vineyards.
6And you
will be called priests of the Lord,
you
will be named ministers of our God.
You
will feed on the wealth of nations,
and in
their riches you will boast.
7Instead
of your shame
you
will receive a double portion,
and
instead of disgrace
you
will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so
you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and
everlasting joy will be yours.
8“For I,
the Lord, love justice;
I hate
robbery and wrongdoing.
In My
faithfulness I will reward My people
and
make an everlasting covenant with them.
9Their
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.”
10I
delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul
rejoices in my God.
For He
has clothed me with garments of salvation
and
arrayed me in a robe of His Righteousness,
as a
bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as
a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11For as
the soil makes the sprout come up
and a
garden causes seeds to grow,
so the
Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
and
praise spring up before all nations.
This chapter, in its
design and structure, is intimately connected with the preceding. It refers to
the Messiah and the main scope and design of the chapter is to show some of the
glorious results of His Coming.
The chapter may be
regarded as divided into the following parts, namely:
I. The public address
or proclamation of the Messiah, stating the design for which he had been
appointed to His Office, and the consolatory nature of His Message Isaiah 61:1-3.
II. The happy effects
and privileges of His Coming Isaiah 61:4-9.
1. The effects of His
Coming in restoring the old wastes, and in building up the long-fallen ruins Isaiah 61:4-5.
(1) The aid of others
would be called in for this.
(2) The sons of
foreigners would become tributary to them, and feed their flocks and plow their
fields, and dress their vines - that is, the pagan world would become subject
to the church.
2. The privileges
which would result from His Coming Isaiah 61:6-9.
(1) Absolutely. They
would be named friends of God, and enjoy the wealth of the pagan world.
(2) Comparatively.
Their state would be far more than a recompense for all they had suffered.
(3) In the honor which
would be put upon them. Their name would be known abroad, and their children be
honored as the blessed of the Lord.
III. The occasion of
rejoicing which the church would have in this Isaiah 61:10-11.
1. In the beauty and
honor with which she would be clothed.
2. In the abundant
increase of righteousness and purity.
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