1The office of Christ. 4The restoration and blessedness of the church.
1THE aSpirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD bhath anointed me cto preach good tidings unto the 1meek; he hath sent me to dbind up the brokenhearted, eto proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
1Or, poor or afflicted. ch. 11.4; 49.19. Ps. 10.17; 22.26; 72.4; 25.9. 1Co. 1.26,27. Ja. 2.5. Mat. 11.5; 5.3.
a Lu. 4.16-21; 1.1,35. Mat. 3.16. Jn. 3.34; 1.32,33. ch. 11.2-5. Ps. 45.7. Col. 2.3. Ac. 2.33. Pr. 8.23. Jn. 6.27; 10.36. 1Pe. 1.20. Ro. 15.8. b Ps. 45.7. c Mar. 1.38. d ch. 1.6; 57.15; 30.26. Ho. 6.1. Ps. 147.3; 103.3. Mat. 9.2,12. ch. 53.5. e 2Ti. 2.26. ch. 42.7; 49.9; 29.18,19; 35.5. Zec. 9.11,12. Jn. 8.31-36. Le. 25.10. Ro. 7.23-25.
2fTo proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; gto comfort all that mourn;
f 2Th. 1.7-9. Le. 25.9. 2Co. 6.2. He. 4.1. ch. 59.17,18; 63.1-4; 34.8; 66.14. Ps. 110.1-7. Mat. 26.64; 13.41. Lu. 19.27. Mal. 4.1,3. g v.3. ch. 57.18; 60.20; 66.10. Mat. 5.3,4,12. Lu. 6.21. Eze. 9.4.
3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, hto give unto them beauty for ashes, ithe oil of joy for mourning, jthe garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called ktrees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
h Ps. 30.11; 23.5; 104.15. Ec. 9.8. ch. 35.10. Jn. 16.20,22. Ro. 14.17. i Ps. 45.7. j Zec. 3.3-5. Lu. 15.22. Ro. 13.14. v.10. Ro. 8.15,16. Ga. 4.5,6. Col. 3.10,12. Ep. 6.14. k Ps. 1.1-3; 92.12-14. Eze. 47.12. ch. 57.5; 60.21.
4¶And they shall lbuild the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
l ch. 58.12; 11.11; 49.8; 54.3. Eze. 36.10,33-36. Zec. 2.4. Ro. 11.26,27. ch. 49.8.
5And mstrangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
m ch. 60.10,14; 14.1-3; 11.6; 40.11. Mi. 5.3. Ep. 2.11,12,19,20. Ac. 20.28,29. 1Pe. 5.2,3. 1Co. 12.28; 3.9. Ro. 15.16. Mat. 21.43. ch. 5.1; 27.2. 1Co. 9.7.
6But ye shall be named nthe Priests of the LORD: omen shall call you the Ministers of our God: pye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
n Ex. 19.6. ch. 60.17; 66.21. 1Pe. 2.5,9. Re. 1.6; 5.10; 20.6. He. 13.15. Ro. 12.1,2. Jn. 15.14,15. o Eze. 44.11. Ep. 4.11,12. p ch. 60.5,6,11,16; 66.11,12. Re. 21.24. Zec. 2.11. Ro. 15.27. 1Co. 3.21,22. 1Th. 2.19,20. Phi. 4.1. Ps. 45.16.
7¶For qyour shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: reverlasting joy shall be unto them.
q ch. 40.2. Zec. 9.12. Mar. 10.29,30. 2Co. 4.17. Ho. 3.4,5. Ro. 11.12,15. 2Ki. 2.9. De. 21.17. Ps. 44.15,16. r ch. 35.10; 51.11; 60.15,20.
8For sI the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I twill direct their work in truth, and uI will make an everlasting covenant with them.
s Ps. 11.7; 106.3. Je. 9.24. Zec. 8.16,17. ch. 1.11,13; 66.3. Mal. 1.13. Pr. 15.8. t Ps. 32.8. Eze. 36.27. Pr. 3.6. Phi. 2.13. ch. 40.10; 62.11. Je. 31.16. u Je. 32.40; 31.35. Ho. 2.19,20. ch. 55.3. Ge. 17.7. Ps. 50.5.
9vAnd their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are wthe seed which the LORD hath blessed.
v Ge. 22.18. ch. 48.19; 43.5; 44.3; 54.1-3. Ga. 4.19. 1Co. 4.15. Ac. 15.13; 3.26; 13.46,47. Ro. 9.3,4. w ch. 44.3; 65.16,23. Ro. 11.16,26,27. Ga. 3.13,14. Ac. 3.25,26. Ep. 1.3.
10xI will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for yhe hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom 2decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
2Heb. decketh as a priest. 1Pe. 2.5,9. Re. 1.6. He. 10.19,20.
x Ne. 8.10. Ro. 14.17. ch. 35.10; 51.11. Phi. 3.3; 4.4. Re. 19.1-7. ch. 66.10. Lu. 1.46,47. Ps. 40.16. Hab. 3.17,18. y Ps. 132.9,16. ch. 46.13; 45.24,25; 49.18; 51.5; 56.1. Ho. 2.19. Ps. 45.13,14. Phi. 3.9. 1Co. 1.30. 2Co. 5.21. Re. 19.8. Ro. 3.22,24; 5.19; 13.14. Ga. 3.27. Ex. 28.2,3. Re. 21.2.
11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; zso the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
z ch. 58.1. Nu. 24.6. Ps. 72.3; 85.11,12; 92.13-15. ch. 65.18,19; 45.8; 66.10-14; 62.1,7. v.3.