Isaiah 61
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Lutheran reading notes
In Isaiah chapter 61, the prophetic message continues to reveal themes of judgment, repentance, messianic hope, and restoration. Lutheran interpretation often emphasizes the contrast between divine law, which exposes sin, and the promise of grace through God's future redemption. The chapter illustrates both warning and hope within God's covenant relationship.
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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;
Isaiah 61:1 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isaiah 61:2 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:3 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:4 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien {shall be} your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah 61:5 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:6 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:7 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:8 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:9 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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. {decketh: Heb. decketh as a priest}
Isaiah 61:10 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.
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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.
Isaiah 61:11 highlights prophetic call to repentance and hope with emphasis on law, gospel, grace, and faith.