Isaiah 61

The Year of Yahweh’s Favor// Luke 4:16–30

¹The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on Me,

because Yahweh 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,

• IS 61:1[PROPHECY]The Spirit of the Lord upon Him → MT 3:16-17
• IS 61:1[PROPHECY]He would preach the good news (Gospel) → LK 4:16-21
• IS 61:1[PROPHECY]Provide freedom from the bondage of sin → JN 8:31-36
• IS 61:1[PROPHECY]He would proclaim a period of grace (the acceptable year) → LK 4:18-21
• IS 61:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 11:5
• IS 61:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → LK 4:18-19
• IS 61:1[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → LK 7:22
• IS 61:1[MESSIAH SPEAKING]Jesus read these words in the synagogue at Nazareth and said, Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing, Luke 4:16 to 21. He stopped before the day of vengeance in 61:2.

²to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor

and the day of our God’s vengeance,

to comfort all who mourn,

• IS 61:2[PROPHECY]The Messiah would proclaim the day of God's vengeance → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM

³to 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 Yahweh, that He may be glorified.

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins;

they will restore the places long devastated;

they will renew the ruined cities,

the desolations of many generations.

⁵Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,

and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

⁶But you will be called the priests of Yahweh;

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.

⁷Instead 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.

⁸For I, Yahweh, love justice;

I hate robbery and iniquity;

in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense

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 Yahweh has blessed.

¹⁰I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh,

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.

¹¹For as the earth brings forth its growth,

and as a garden enables seed to spring up,

so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise

to spring up before all the nations.