--- title: "Isaiah 61 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Isaiah 61 with trapps complete commentary 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/trapps-complete-commentary/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 [Isa 61:1](/kjv/isa/61/1) 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; Ver. 1. **The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me.** ] Christ had graciously promised to accomplish his people’s happiness in its due time.[Isa 60:22](/kjv/-isa/60/22) Here he showeth how and when he will do it - viz., by himself, anointed and appointed by his heavenly Father to be "Messiah the Prince";[Dan 9:25](/kjv/-dan/9/25) "Christ the Lord";[Act 4:26](/kjv/-act/4/26) Priest, prophet, and king of his Church; a Saviour *ex professo,* consecrated as the priests of old were, first with oil, and then with blood. So was he (1.) By the Holy Spirit, invisibly at the first instant of his conception, and visibly, at his baptism; (2.) By his own blood sprinkled upon him at his circumcision, but especially at his Passion, which was another baptism.[Mat 20:23](/kjv/-mat/20/23) **[Luk 12:50](/kjv/-luk/12/50) **** **Because the Lord hath anointed me.** ] *Prae, consortibus et pro consortibus*[Psa 46:7](/kjv/-psa/46/7) "Above thy fellows," and also for thy fellows, as some render that text. See [John 1:33](/kjv/john/1/33) ; [John 3:34](/kjv/john/3/34)[Luk 4:18](/kjv/-luk/4/18)[Act 10:38](/kjv/-act/10/38) [Hebrews 1:8](/kjv/hebrews/1/8) [Psalms 105:15](/kjv/psalms/105/15) [2 Corinthians 1:21-22](/kjv/2-corinthians/1/21-22)[1Jn 2:20](/kjv/-1jn/2/20) ; [1 John 2:27](/kjv/1-john/2/27) . "Only unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gifts of Christ";[Eph 4:7](/kjv/-eph/4/7) "but God gave not the Spirit unto him by measure,"[Joh 3:34](/kjv/-joh/3/34) he had it in an abundant and transcendent manner, "good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over," even as much as his human nature was capable of. Let the saints love him for this,[Son 1:2](/kjv/-son/1/2) and labour to be more and nmre made partakers of his holiness, for "of his fulness we all receive grace for grace";[Joh 1:16](/kjv/-joh/1/16) a perfection in some sort answerable to Christ’s own perfection. There are those who observe in this text, and not amiss, the mystery of the Holy Trinity - viz., God the Father anointing his Son Christ with the Holy Ghost. See the like at Christ’s baptism.[Mat 3:16](/kjv/-mat/3/16) [See Trapp on "[Mat 3:16](/kjv/-mat/3/16) " **** **To preach good tidings unto the meek.** ] "To preach." This referreth to Christ’s prophetic office; as doth "binding up the broken hearted" to his priestly, and "proclaiming liberty to the captives," to his kingly office. To these three offices as God he was consecrated - set apart for a mediator; *as*[Exo 30:30](/kjv/-exo/30/30) and as man he was qualified, as before. That which Christ came to preach was good tidings, *goodspel* or gospel, as we call it, the best news that ever came into the world.[Luk 2:10](/kjv/-luk/2/10) This he came and preached not in his own person only, but by his prophets and apostles,[Eph 2:17](/kjv/-eph/2/17) in whom he spake,[2Co 13:3](/kjv/-2co/13/3) and before all whom himself preached the first gospel to our first parents,[Gen 3:15](/kjv/-gen/3/15) even the gospel of grace. **** **Unto the meek.** ] Or, Lowly; for humility and meekness are *sorores collectaneae,* twin sisters. There are those poor that are gospelised - viz., the poor in spirit, sensible of their utter indigence and nothingness;[Mat 5:3](/kjv/-mat/5/3) whereby also our Saviour proveth himself to John’s disciples, sent unto him for the purpose, to be the true Messiah foreshown by Isaiah, and foreshadowed in him. [Matthew 11:5](/kjv/matthew/11/5) **[Luk 7:22](/kjv/-luk/7/22) **** **He hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted.** ] This Christ doth as a fit high priest, sensible of our miseries.[Heb 4:15](/kjv/-heb/4/15) He hath *manum medicare,* hand of healing, he is the true Samaritan; not the physician only, but the surgeon of his people, *cataplasmans et obligans,* *a* plastering and binding up their wounds given them by the devil, that wicked thief, then when the priest and the Levites - the law - had passed them by, and yielded them no help at all. **** **The broken hearted.** ] Broken with the sense of sin and fear of wrath; so broken as if all their bones were rattling within their skin. This was David’s case,[Psa 51:8](/kjv/-psa/51/8) and this he pleads, as one in case and capacity for mercy.[Psa 51:17](/kjv/-psa/51/17) He knew well enough that God poured not the oil of his mercy, save only into broken vessels; for whole vessels are full vessels, and so this precious liquor would run over, and be spilt upon the ground. **** **To proclaim liberty to the captives.** ] Liberty from the tyranny of sin, and terror of hell. This Christ doth as a king, with great power. [John 8:32](/kjv/john/8/32) *; [John 8:34](/kjv/john/8/34)* *; [John 8:36](/kjv/john/8/36)* **[Rom 6:17-18](/kjv/-rom/6/17-18) *[Colossians 1:13](/kjv/colossians/1/13)* **[2Ti 2:26](/kjv/-2ti/2/26) **** **And the opening of the prison,** ] *i.e.,* Of hell, called here *koach* from *lakach,* to receive, because it is capacious, and still taking in more company; *sic infernus dicitur ab inferendo, ut aliqui volunt.* *a* Pangit et ungit ut sanet. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61","name":"Isaiah 61 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Isaiah 61 with trapps complete commentary 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","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary","name":"trapps complete commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah","name":"Isaiah"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/isaiah/61","name":"61"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```