Exaltation of the Afflicted
The aSpirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,Because the LORD has anointed and commissioned meTo bbring good news to the chumble and afflicted;He has sent me to dbind up the wounds of the brokenhearted,To eproclaim release from confinement and condemnation to the physical and spiritual captivesAnd freedom to prisoners, Rom 10:15Is 11:2; 48:16; Luke 4:18Matt 11:5; Luke 7:22Is 11:4; 29:19; 32:7Is 57:15Is 42:7; 49:92 To aproclaim 1the favorable year of the LORD,2And the bday of vengeance and retribution of our God,To ccomfort all who mourn, Matt 11:2-6; Luke 4:18, 19; 7:22The same as a day of salvation (49:8), and the year of my redeemed (63:4).See note Ezek 34:28.Is 49:8; 60:10Is 2:12; 13:6; 34:2, 8Is 57:18; Jer 31:13; Matt 5:43 To agrant to those who mourn in Zion the following:To give them a 1turban instead of dust on their heads, a sign of mourning,The boil of joy instead of mourning,The garment expressive of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.So they will be called the ctrees of righteousness strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God,The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.In the Hebrew there is a kind of wordplay here as “turban” (Heb pe’er) and dust (epher) have the same consonants and similar vowels.Is 60:20Ps 23:5; 45:7; 104:15Is 60:21; Jer 17:7, 8
4 Then they will arebuild the ancient ruins,They will raise up and restore the former desolations;And they will renew the ruined cities,The desolations of many generations.Is 49:8; 58:12; Ezek 36:33; Amos 9:145 aStrangers will stand and feed your flocks,And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.Is 14:2; 60:106 But you shall be called the apriests of the LORD;People will speak of you as the bministers of our God.You will eat the cwealth of nations,And you will boast of their riches. Ex 19:6; 1+@Pet 2:5; Rev 1:6; 5:10; 20:6Is 66:21Is 56:6Is 60:5, 117 Instead of your former ashame you will have a 1bdouble portion;And instead of humiliation your people will shout for joy over their portion.Therefore in their land they will possess double what they had forfeited;cEverlasting joy will be theirs.I.e. abundant reward.Is 54:4Is 40:2; Zech 9:12Ps 16:118 For I, the LORD, alove justice;I hate robbery with 1a burnt offering.And I will faithfully reward them,And make an beverlasting covenant with them.Another reading is wrongdoing or malice, but by itself either would hardly be an improvement. Some prefer to read with as “and,” which requires the assumption of a scribal error that is possible though not found in existing manuscripts. It would also raise the question of why robbery is singled out among other kinds of wrongdoing. In the Talmud the verse is taken to refer literally to the theft of an animal which the thief intends to offer as a sacrifice. The point is that the offering is unacceptable even though everything actually belongs to God and the thief arguably is only returning to God what is His.Is 5:16; 28:17; 30:18Gen 17:7; Ps 105:10; Is 55:3; Jer 32:409 Then their offspring will be known among the nations,And their descendants among the peoples.All who see them in their prosperity will recognize and acknowledge themThat they are the apeople whom the LORD has blessed.Is 44:3
10 I will arejoice greatly in the LORD,My soul will exult in bmy God;For He has cclothed me with garments of salvation,He has covered me with a robe of righteousness,As a bridegroom puts on a 1turban,And das a bride adorns herself with her jewels.Or head wrap.Is 12:1, 2; 25:9; 41:16; 51:3Is 49:4Is 49:18; 52:1Rev 21:211 For as the aearth brings forth its sprouts,And as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,So the Lord GOD will most certainly bcause crighteousness and justice and praiseTo spring up before all the nations through the power of His word.Is 4:2; 55:10Is 45:23, 24; 60:18, 21Ps 72:3; 85:11