Isaiah 61

קרא את הפרק הזה בכוונה

Isaiah 61 is the chapter Jesus read aloud in the synagogue at Nazareth and claimed for himself. An anointed speaker announces that the Spirit of the Lord GOD is on him to preach good news to the poor, bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim liberty to captives, and announce the year of the LORD's favor. The mourners of Zion will receive a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for despair, and be called oaks of righteousness. They will rebuild the ancient ruins, serve as priests of the LORD, and receive a double portion in place of shame. The chapter ends with the speaker rejoicing in garments of salvation and a promise that righteousness will spring up before all nations.

פתח פירוש פרק

Isaiah 61 opens with a voice that says the Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, and for Christians that voice has a face. On a Sabbath in Nazareth, Jesus stood up, was handed the scroll of Isaiah, found this place, read the opening lines, rolled up the scroll, and said that the words were fulfilled that day in their hearing. What he read was a job description. Good news for the poor. Bandages for the brokenhearted. Liberty proclaimed to captives and freedom to prisoners. The year of the LORD's favor, which is the language of the Jubilee, when every debt was cancelled and every slave went home. And then a series of exchanges that have found their way into a thousand hymns: a crown instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. The people who receive all this are not passive. They become oaks of righteousness and they get to work, rebuilding cities that have been ruins for generations. They are called priests of the LORD, all of them, and instead of shame they inherit a double portion. The LORD himself speaks in the middle of the chapter to say why: he loves justice, and he keeps his word. The last two verses are pure joy, a singer dressed in salvation like a bridegroom or a bride, and a final image that says how all this will happen. Not by force, but the way a garden grows, righteousness springing up in front of the nations from seed already sown.

קטעי מפתח

Isaiah 61:1-3 Isaiah 61:4-7 Isaiah 61:10-11 Luke 4:16-21 Leviticus 25:8-10 Isaiah 42:1-4

Historical and literary context

The chapter belongs to Isaiah 56 to 66, which addresses the community that returned from Babylon to a ruined Jerusalem after 538 BC and found rebuilding slow and discouraging; verse 4 speaks of restoring "the desolations of many generations." The "year of the LORD's favor" echoes the Jubilee of Leviticus 25, when debts were cancelled, slaves freed, and land returned. "Priests of the LORD" recalls the promise at Sinai that Israel would be a kingdom of priests. The double portion was the inheritance of the firstborn son. Luke 4 records Jesus reading verses 1 and 2 in Nazareth, stopping before "the day of our God's vengeance," and saying, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 3 are the anointed one's commission: the Spirit, the sending, the tasks for the poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, and the mourners, and the exchange of ashes for beauty. Verses 4 to 7 describe the restored people: rebuilders of ruins, served by foreigners, priests of the LORD, receiving a double portion and everlasting joy in place of shame. Verses 8 and 9 give the LORD's own word: he loves justice, will repay faithfully, and will make an everlasting covenant so that their descendants are recognized as blessed. Verses 10 and 11 are a song of joy in garments of salvation, ending with the image of righteousness springing up like a garden before the nations.

Why this chapter matters

Because of Luke 4, Isaiah 61 is the passage in which Jesus defined his own mission, and its list, good news to the poor, healing for the brokenhearted, freedom for captives, has shaped every Christian account of what the gospel is for. "Beauty for ashes" and "the oil of joy for mourning" have passed into hymns, funerals, and everyday speech. The chapter's vision of a people who are all priests, rebuilding ruins, feeds both the New Testament's priesthood of all believers and the church's social conscience. Its final image, righteousness springing up like seed in a garden, is one of Scripture's most hopeful pictures of how God's work grows.

Interpretive tension to watch

Who speaks in verses 1 to 3 is not stated: the prophet describing his own calling, the Servant of the earlier songs, or a coming anointed king. Christian readers follow Jesus in hearing the Messiah, while the original hearers may have heard the prophet. Jesus stopped reading before "the day of our God's vengeance," which raises the question of how the comfort and the vengeance belong together; the chapter itself holds them in one sentence. Verses 5 and 6, with foreigners doing the farm work while Israel serves as priests, sit uneasily beside the same book's welcome of foreigners into worship in chapter 56.

שאלות לפרק הזה

Jesus stopped reading at "the year of the LORD's favor." Why might he have left out "the day of vengeance" in that synagogue?
The chapter promises beauty for ashes and a garment of praise for despair. What would that exchange look like in a life you know?
Verse 4 says the comforted will rebuild the ruins. How are healing and work connected in this chapter?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

הוספה להערות

1 Duch Panovníka Hospodina jest nade mnou, proto že pomazal mne Hospodin, abych kázal evangelium tichým. Poslal mne, abych uvázal rány skroušených srdcem, abych vyhlásil jatým svobodu, a vězňům otevření žaláře, 2 Abych vyhlásil léto milostivé Hospodinovo, a den pomsty Boha našeho, abych těšil všecky kvílící, 3 Abych způsobil radost kvílícím Sionským, a dal jim okrasu místo popela, olej veselé místo smutku, oděv chvály místo ducha sevřeného. I nazvání budou stromové spravedlnosti, štípení Hospodinovo, abych oslavován byl. 4 Tedy vzdělají pustiny starodávní, pouště staré spraví, a obnoví města zpuštěná, pustá po mnohé národy. 5 Nebo postaví se cizozemci, a pásti budou stáda vaše, a synové cizozemců oráči vaši a vinaři vaši budou. 6 Vy pak kněží Hospodinovi nazváni budete, služebníci Boha našeho slouti budete, zboží pohanů užívati budete, a v slávě jejich zvýšeni budete. 7 Za dvojnásobní zahanbení vaše a pohanění prozpěvovati budete, z podílu jejich a v zemi jejich dvojnásobní dědictví obdržíte, a tak veselé věčné míti budete. 8 Já zajisté Hospodin miluji soud, a nenávidím loupeže při oběti, a protož způsobím, aby skutkové jejich dáli se v pravdě, a smlouvu věčnou s nimi učiním. 9 I vejdeť v známost mezi pohany símě jejich, a potomci jejich u prostřed národů. Všickni, kteříž je uzří, poznají je, že jsou símě, jemuž požehnal Hospodin. 10 Velice se budu radovati v Hospodinu, a plésati bude duše má v Bohu mém; nebo mne oblékl v roucho spasení, a pláštěm spravedlnosti přioděl mne jako ženicha, kterýž se strojí ozdobně, a jako nevěstu okrašlující se ozdobami svými. 11 Nebo jakož země vydává zrostlinu svou, a jakož zahrada símě své vyvodí, tak Panovník Hospodin vyvede spravedlnost a chválu přede všemi národy.

הפוך קריאה ללימוד ממשי

הירשמו כדי לשמור פסוקים, לרשום הערות וללמוד עם כלי AI.

הרשמה התחברות

בחר את הצעד הבא אחרי הפרק הזה המשך לקרוא, בחר תכנית או המשך ללמוד עם AI.

קרא את הפרק הבא Isaiah 62 in Bible Kralická.

תוכניות קריאה

בחר תכנית אם אתה רוצה להפוך את הפרק הזה להרגל קבוע.

שאל את הבינה המלאכותית על הפרק הזה

המשך עם לימוד AI אם הטקסט מעלה שאלות או דוחף יותר עמוק מקריאה אחת.

עקוב אחר הנושאים שהפרק הזה פותח מרכזי נושאים קשורים לשאלות הגדולות שהפרק הזה יכול לפתוח.

עיין בכל הנושאים