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The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound, See also: Luke 4:18-19 Luke 7:22 Isaiah 42:7to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, See also: Matthew 5:4 Isaiah 34:8 Luke 4:19to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified. See also: Psalms 30:11 Jeremiah 17:7-8 John 16:20They will rebuild the old ruins. They will raise up the former devastated places. They will repair the ruined cities that have been devastated for many generations. See also: Isaiah 58:12 Amos 9:14-15 Ezekiel 36:33-36Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards. See also: Isaiah 60:10-14 Isaiah 14:1-2 Ephesians 2:12-20But you will be called the LORD’s priests. Men will call you the servants of our God. You will eat the wealth of the nations. You will boast in their glory. See also: Exodus 19:6 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them. See also: Job 42:10 Zechariah 9:12 Isaiah 40:2“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. See also: Psalms 11:7 Jeremiah 9:24 Zechariah 8:16-17Their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge them, that they are the offspring which the LORD has blessed.” See also: Isaiah 44:3 Psalms 115:14 Acts 3:26I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. See also: Revelation 19:7-8 Psalms 132:16 Philippians 3:9For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. See also: 1 Peter 2:9 Mark 4:26-32 Isaiah 58:11

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)11 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Isaiah 61:1

This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.

Ver. 1. Lord. Heb. adds, "God." Adonai seems to have been inserted to prevent the pronunciation of Jehovah, (Kennicott) which alone occurs in the Sept.

Arab. and in S. Luke, iv.

18. H. --- Thus Elohim may have been substituted for Jehovah, Gen. xxii. 8. as v. 14, "Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah jireh, because he had said that day on the mount: Jehovah will provide" a victim, even Jesus Christ in the same place. Perhaps no part of the Bible is "so absurdly translated" as this, (Ken.) by Protestants. H. --- S. Luke follows the Sept. in his quotation, only instead of to preach a, &c. he has an explanation, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Isaias may here speak of himself, (Chal.) yet only as a figure of Christ. The Jews admit that the Messias is meant. Christ had received the Holy Spirit at the Jordan. John i. 32. He performed these works, (Lu. vii. 22.) particularly addressing his discourse to the meek and poor.

Soph. iii. 12. Zac. xi. 7. and 1 Cor. i. 26. C. --- He was not anointed with oil, like Aaron, but with the Holy Ghost; so that of his fullness others must receive.

Acts x. 39. &c. W.

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Isaiah 61:2

Ver. 2. Year of Jubilee, (Jer. xxv. 11.) when the Jews should be delivered, as a figure of Christ's redemption. --- Vengeance, when the Chaldees, &c. should perish, (C.) and all obstinate sinners, at the day of judgment. H.

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Isaiah 61:3

Ver. 3. Glorify. The rulers shall act with justice. C. lx. 17, 21.

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Isaiah 61:4

Ver. 4. Ruins, as the Jews did. C. lviii. 12. The apostles preached to the Gentiles, who had been long neglected.

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Isaiah 61:5

Ver. 5. Vines. Bishops were soon chosen from among the Gentiles. The Machabees subdued the neighbouring nations. 1 Mac. xv. 28.

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Isaiah 61:6

Ver. 6. Priests. They were greatly honoured, (Ex. xix. 6.) so that the sons of David had the appellation. The Jews had still to labour as before. Christians become heirs to these promises, and are styled a royal priesthood. 1 Pet. ii. 9.

Apoc. i. 6. They have received the Scriptures from the Jews, and employ human sciences for the advancement of religion. The wisest pagans yield to the force of truth.

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Isaiah 61:7

This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.

Ver. 7. Part: God, or the land. Converts shall bless God for having withdrawn them from the crowd of infidels, and they will rejoice in suffering for his sake, (C.) preferring their lot before that of unbelievers. Before this change the apostles grieved. W.

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Isaiah 61:8

Ver. 8. Holocaust. The pagans saw such things were improper victims. Eus.

præp. iv. 14. ---

Sept. "hate unjust plunder." H. --- Therefore will I subject the strangers to you.

v. 5. --- Truth. I will grant a sure reward. --- Covenant. These of Nehemias and the Machabees were soon forgotten: but Christ's covenant shall abide for ever.

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Isaiah 61:9

Ver. 9. Blessed. The Jews are visibly the reverse. The Church flourishes in spite of domestic and foreign enemies.

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Isaiah 61:10

Ver. 10. Jewels. Apoc. xxi. 2. Jerusalem, or rather the Church, praises God.

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Isaiah 61:11

Ver. 11. Nations, whose conversion is implicitly foretold. All behold the justice which God has treated both his people and their oppressors. C.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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