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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 61

Introduction

1  The office of Christ.
4  The forwardness;
7  and blessing of the faithful.
Verse 1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Spirit
11:2-5, 42:1, 59:21, Matthew 3:16, Luke 4:18,19, John 1:32,33, 3:34
anointed
Psalms 2:6; *marg:; Psalms 45:7, Daniel 9:24, John 1:41, Acts 4:27, 10:38, Hebrews 1:9
to preach
52:9, Psalms 22:26, 25:9, 69:32, 149:4, Matthew 5:3-5, 11:5, Luke 7:22
to bind
57:15, 66:2, Psalms 34:18, 51:17, 147:3, Hosea 6:1, 2 Corinthians 7:6
to proclaim
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.
42:7, 49:9,24,25, Psalms 102:20, Jeremiah 34:8, Zechariah 9:11,12, John 8:32-36, Acts 26:18, Romans 6:16-22, 7:23-25, 2 Timothy 2:25,26
Verse 2

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
the acceptable
Leviticus 25:9-13, Luke 4:19, 2 Corinthians 6:2
and
34:8, 35:4, 59:17,18, 63:1-6, 66:14, Psalms 110:5,6, Jeremiah 46:10, Malachi 4:1-3, Luke 21:22-24, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
to comfort
25:8, 57:18, 66:10-12, Jeremiah 31:13, Matthew 5:4, Luke 6:21, 7:44-50, John 16:20-22, 2 Corinthians 1:4,5, 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17
Verse 3

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
beauty
12:1, Esther 4:1-3, 8:15, 9:22, Psalms 30:11, Ezekiel 16:8-13
the oil
Psalms 23:5, 45:7, 104:15, Ecclesiastes 9:8, John 16:20
the garment
10, Zechariah 3:5, Luke 15:22, Revelation 7:9-14
called
60:21, Psalms 92:12-15, Jeremiah 17:7,8, Matthew 7:17-19
that he
Matthew 5:16, John 15:8, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Philippians 1:11, 2 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Peter 2:9, 4:9-11,14
Verse 4

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
49:6-8, 58:12, Ezekiel 36:23-26,33-36, Amos 9:14,15
Verse 5

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
14:1,2, 60:10-14, Ephesians 2:12-20
Verse 6

But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
named
60:17, 66:21, Exodus 19:6, Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:5,9, Revelation 1:6, 5:10, 20:6
called
Ezekiel 14:11, 1 Corinthians 3:5, 4:1, 2 Corinthians 6:4, 11:23, Ephesians 4:11,12
ye shall eat
23:18, 60:5-7,10,11,16, 66:12, Acts 11:28-30, Romans 15:26,27
Verse 7

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
your shame
40:2, Deuteronomy 21:17, 2 Kings 2:9, Job 42:10, Zechariah 9:12, 2 Corinthians 4:17
everlasting
35:10, 51:11, 60:19,20, Psalms 16:11, Matthew 25:46, 2 Thessalonians 2:16
Verse 8

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
I the Lord
Psalms 11:7, 33:5, 37:28, 45:7, 99:4, Jeremiah 9:24, Zechariah 8:16,17
I hate
1:11-13, 1 Samuel 15:21-24, Jeremiah 7:8-11, Amos 5:21-24, Matthew 23:14
I will direct
Psalms 25:8-12, 32:8, Proverbs 3:6, 8:20, 2 Thessalonians 3:5
I will make
55:3, Genesis 17:7, 2 Samuel 23:5, Psalms 50:5, Jeremiah 32:40, Hebrews 13:20,21
Verse 9

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
their seed
44:3, Genesis 22:18, Zechariah 8:13, Romans 9:3,4
they are
65:23, Psalms 115:14, Acts 3:26, Romans 11:16-24
Verse 10

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
will greatly
35:10, 51:11, 1 Samuel 2:1, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 28:7, Habakkuk 3:18, Zechariah 10:7, Luke 1:46,47, Romans 5:11, Philippians 3:1-3, 4:4, 1 Peter 1:8, Revelation 19:7,8
for
3, 52:1, 2 Chronicles 6:41, Psalms 132:9,16, Luke 15:22, Romans 3:22, 13:14, 14:17, Galatians 3:27, Philippians 3:9, Revelation 4:4, 7:9-14, 21:2
as a
49:18, Psalms 45:8,9,13,14, Jeremiah 2:32, Ezekiel 16:8-16, Revelation 19:7,8, 21:2,9
decketh himself
Heb. decketh as a priest.
Exodus 28:2-43
with her
Genesis 24:53
Verse 11

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
as the earth
55:10,11, 58:11, Song of Solomon 4:16, 5:1, Matthew 13:3,8,23, Mark 4:26-32
so
45:8, 62:1, Psalms 72:3,16, 85:11
praises
60:18, 62:7, 1 Peter 2:9

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