Isaiah 61


Isaiah 61 is the sixty-first chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah. In chapters 60–62, "three magnificent chapters", the prophet "hails the rising sun of Jerusalem’s prosperity". According to, Jesus, visiting the synagogue at Nazareth, was handed "the book of the prophet Isaiah" and "found the place" where the opening verses of this chapter were written. The New [King James Version] sub-titles this chapter "The Good News of Salvation". The speaker and message of this chapter have been linked with the Servant of Isaiah 40–55: although the word "servant" does not appear here, his actions are presented as actions of servanthood.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 11 verses. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls :
  • 1QIsaa: complete
  • 1QIsab: extant: verses 1‑2
  • 4QIsab : extant: verses 1‑3
  • 4QIsah : extant: verses 1–2
  • 4QIsam : extant: verses 3–6
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 61 is a part of the Consolations . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Contents and commentary

Verse 1

  • Cited in
  • "The Spirit of the Lord God" has been promised in to come upon God's chosen one, through God's anointing.
  • "The captives": The role of the Spirit-filled figure is to bring justice to the victims of injustice, as in.

    Verse 2

  • Cited in
  • "The acceptable year of the Lord" and the "release" recall the "Jubilee year" in.
  • "The day of vengeance" was previously mentioned in.

    Verse 4

Cross reference: Isaiah 58:12

Verse 10

The bridegroom wears "a priestly crown", as Bishop Robert Lowth translates it, observing that it is "an allusion to the magnificent dress of the high-priest when performing his functions, and particularly to the mitre, and crown, or plate of gold on the front of it".

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  • Christian

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