Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 61:11
Righteousness — His great work of salvation shall break out and appear. Praise — As the natural product, and fruit of it.
Righteousness — His great work of salvation shall break out and appear. Praise — As the natural product, and fruit of it.
Verse Isaiah 61:11. _THE LORD GOD_ - "The Lord JEHOVAH"] "אדני _Adonai, the_ _Lord_, makes the line longer than the preceding and following; and the _Septuagint, Alexandrian_, (and MSS. _Pachom_. and...
FOR AS THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH - This figure is several times used by the prophet (see the notes at Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 55:10). The idea is an exceedingly beautiful one, that, on the coming of the Me...
CHAPTER 61 The King, Jehovah's Messenger: His People and their Salvation Song 1. _Jehovah's Messenger and His work (Isaiah 61:1) _ 2. _His people a kingdom of priests and their work (Isaiah 61:6) _ 3...
The prophet now addresses the people directly. Men of other nations shall serve as labourers at their bidding and call them Yahweh's priests, or Servants of our God, recognising Yahweh as such. As a p...
THE LORD* GOD. Adonai Jehovah. This is one of the 134 places where the Sopherlm changed "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai"; but both words have been retained instead of the one: namely, Jehov...
_as the earth &c._ i.e. as surely as the seed germinates in the earth, so surely will Jehovah bring to pass the great redemption here promised through the self-fulfilling power of His word. Cf. ch. Is...
DISCOURSE: 1007 THE CONVERSION OF THE WORLD TO GOD PROMISED Isaiah 61:11. _As the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to bring forth; so the Lord Go...
I WILL GREATLY REJOICE, &C.— The church here bursts forth into joy and rapture upon a view of the blessings of grace so liberally conferred upon her. In this sublime and elegant passage we have, _firs...
3. FAME TEXT: Isaiah 61:8-11 8 For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 And...
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the n...
AS THE EARTH, etc.] i.e. as surely as the seasons come round. RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. the justification of his people in the eyes of the world....
1. The speaker is the prophet, either in his own person, or in that of the Servant of Jehovah. The mission here spoken of is identical with the mission of the Servant as already indicated; e.g. to bin...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 61 This chapter shows how God will achieve his great purpose for all the...
A bride and bridegroom dress carefully for their wedding. They wear special clothes to show their character and serious intention. • Another translation of verse 10 is, ‘I am now bursting with joy as...
AS THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH HER BUD... — The passage is memorable as at least suggesting the leading thought of the parable of the sower, and the appropriation of that title to Himself by the Son of M...
כִּ֤י כָ † אָ֨רֶץ֙ תֹּוצִ֣יא צִמְחָ֔הּ וּ...
“THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD” Isaiah 61:1-11 _Messiah's mission_, Isaiah 61:1-3. At Nazareth our Lord applied these words to Himself. Let us care for the outcasts as He did; but to do so, we nee...
Passing from the description of material prosperity, the prophecy describes the inner secret, namely, spiritual realization. This description opens with a new declaration of the Servant of the Lord. T...
_Nations, whose conversion is implicitly foretold. All behold the justice which God has treated both his people and their oppressors. (Calmet)_...
I see no reason to limit this Song of joy and exultation to the Church. We shall have very blessed views of the Church's Lord and Saviour, if we accept the words as first spoken by Christ, and next as...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Lord Jesus! while I read this Chapter, methinks I would beg for grace and faith to be in lively exercise, that I might figure to myself, my God and Saviour, thus speaking to my sou...
11._For as the earth putteth forth. _By a beautiful comparison the Prophet confirms the former promises; for he reminds the Jews of the ordinary power of God, which shines brightly in the creatures th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 61 AND 62. As Chapter s 50-53 presented Christ in His sufferings, chapter 61 exhibits Him in the full grace of His Person concerned in the blessing of Israel....
FOR AS THE EARTH BRINGETH FORTH HER BUD,.... Of tender grass in the spring of the year, after a long and cold winter, being well manured: AND AS THE GARDEN CAUSETH THE THINGS THAT ARE SOWN IN IT TO S...
_For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the n...
_For as the earth bringeth forth_, &c. By this and the other metaphor here used, the church shows, not only the revival and restoration of her blessings, after they had been, as it were, dead and lost...
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, causing the seed to sprout and come up, AND AS THE GARDEN CAUSETH THE THINGS THAT ARE SOWN IN IT TO SPRING FORTH, in accordance with the laws of nature fixed b...
THE LORD'S YEAR OF JUBILEE. The chapter opens with a powerful description of the office of the Servant of Jehovah, of the Messiah Himself....
10,11 Those only shall be clothed with the garments of salvation hereafter, that are covered with the robe of Christ's righteousness now, and by the sanctification of the Spirit have God's image rene...
AS THE GARDEN CAUSETH THE THINGS THAT ARE SOWN IN IT TO SPRING FORTH: by this and the other metaphor he shows not only the reviving of the blessings of the church after they had been as it were dead i...
Isaiah 61:11 earth H776 forth H3318 (H8686) bud H6780 garden H1593 sown H2221 forth H6779 (H8686) Lord...
THE ANOINTED ONE IS CLOTHED SUITABLY FOR HIS TASK (ISAIAH 61:10). Isaiah 61:10 ‘I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, My inner being will be joyful in my God, For he has clothed me with the garments o...
Isaiah 61:11 Just as incredible as spring is to winter, as life is to death, is the summer splendour that shall one day mantle this sad world, this sad universe, to the darkness and drearihood of its...
Isaiah 61:10 "The robe of righteousness" is a familiar phrase with evangelical Christians. Adopted, undoubtedly, from the passage just read, it is used to denote that righteousness of the Lord Jesus w...
Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,_ You know who it is that speaks these words, our Lord Jesus himself. Isaiah 61:1. Because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto t...
CONTENTS: Two advents of Christ in one view. Kingdom blessing after the day of vengeance. Israel's restoration. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: After the day of Christ's vengeance,...
Isaiah 61:1. _The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me._ Here the Redeemer appears clothed with humanity, and invested with all the high offices of our redemption. Jehovah gave not the Spirit by measure...
_For as the earth bringeth forth her bud_ GOD’S WORD AS SEED The Word in the mouth of the servant of Jehovah is the seed out of which great things are developed before all the world. The ground and...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 61:1 The Messiah will preach into existence his new, liberated people, who will pray into existence his new, redeemed world. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 61:10 The speaker is either the Messiah, Isaiah, or the city of Zion. Since THE LORD GOD echoes “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me” (v....
THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL ASSURED AND ILLUSTRATED (_Missionary Sermons._) Isaiah 61:11. _For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden, &c._ I. The seed. II. The extent of the ground t...
SECTION VIII.—SOLILOQUY OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, WHO PROMISES GLORY AND PROSPERITY TO JERUSALEM (Isaiah 61:1;...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah 61:1-11. We are told in the New Testament that the Old Testament prophets many times wrote of things that they did not really understand. Earnestly desiring,...
1 Peter 2:9; Isaiah 45:8; Isaiah 55:10; Isaiah 55:11; Isaiah 58:11;...