Isaiah 61:1

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Isaiah 61:1

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Summary

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;

Spirit

John 3:34

To preach

To bind

2 Corinthians 7:6

To proclaim

General references

Bible References

Spirit

And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

"And as for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring," says the LORD, "from this time forth and forevermore."

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

To preach

Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem.

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!

He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

For the LORDtakes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

To bind

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

"Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

To proclaim

to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.

saying to the prisoners, 'Come out,' to those who are in darkness, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways; on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die,

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

General references

You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water

And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the LORD.

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.

I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,

But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,