--- title: "Isaiah 61 - Study King James Bible with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible" description: "Read Isaiah 61 with commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible commentary. 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 brokenhear" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/isaiah/61" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/61)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/61)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/61) Audio 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; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 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. 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. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien *shall be* your plowmen and your vinedressers. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.* 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. [Isaiah 60](/study/isaiah/60) [Isaiah 62](/study/isaiah/62) ## Commentary To verse 1 **1. is upon me; because . . . hath anointed me**—quoted by Jesus as His credentials in preaching ( :-). The Spirit *is* upon Me in preaching, because Jehovah *hath* anointed Me from the womb ( :-), and at baptism, with the Spirit "without measure," and permanently "abiding" on Me ([Isaiah 11:2](/kjv/isaiah/11/2); [John 1:32](/kjv/john/1/32); [John 3:34](/kjv/john/3/34); [Psalms 45:7](/kjv/psalms/45/7); with which compare [1 Kings 1:39](/kjv/1-kings/1/39); [1 Kings 1:40](/kjv/1-kings/1/40); [1 Kings 19:16](/kjv/1-kings/19/16); [Exodus 29:7](/kjv/exodus/29/7)). "Anointed" as *Messiah,* Prophet, Priest, and King. **good tidings**—as the word "gospel" means. **the meek**—rather, "the poor," as [Luke 4:18](/kjv/luke/4/18) has it; that is, those afflicted with calamity, poor in circumstances and in spirit ([Matthew 11:5](/kjv/matthew/11/5)). **proclaim liberty**— ([Matthew 11:5](/kjv/matthew/11/5)- :). Language drawn from the deliverance of the Babylonian captives, to describe the deliverance from sin and death ([Matthew 11:5](/kjv/matthew/11/5)- :); also from the "liberty proclaimed" to all bond-servants in the year of jubilee ([Isaiah 61:2](/kjv/isaiah/61/2); [Leviticus 25:10](/kjv/leviticus/25/10); [Jeremiah 34:8](/kjv/jeremiah/34/8); [Jeremiah 34:9](/kjv/jeremiah/34/9)). **opening of the prison**—The *Hebrew* rather is, "the *most complete* opening," namely, of the *eyes* to them that are bound, that is, deliverance from *prison,* for captives are as it were *blind* in the darkness of prison ([Isaiah 14:17](/kjv/isaiah/14/17); [Isaiah 35:5](/kjv/isaiah/35/5); [Isaiah 42:7](/kjv/isaiah/42/7)) [EWALD]. So [Isaiah 42:7](/kjv/isaiah/42/7)- : and the *Septuagint* interpret it; [Isaiah 42:7](/kjv/isaiah/42/7)- :, under inspiration, adds to this, for the fuller explanation of the *single* clause in the *Hebrew,* "to set at liberty them that are bruised"; thus expressing the *double* "opening" implied; namely, that of the eyes ([Isaiah 42:7](/kjv/isaiah/42/7)- :), and that of the prison ([Romans 6:18](/kjv/romans/6/18); [Romans 7:24](/kjv/romans/7/24); [Romans 7:25](/kjv/romans/7/25); [Hebrews 2:15](/kjv/hebrews/2/15)). 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