The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
Ibn Ezra
Upon me. The first person refers to the prophet. The spirit. The prophecy. Comp. And took of the spirit, that was upon him (Num. 11:25). Because the Lord hath anointed me. The prophets are called anointed; comp. Touch not mine anointed (Ps. 105:15). R. Moses Hakkohen says that the protasis beginning Because the Lord is continued till ver. 9, and the apodosis commences I will greatly rejoice (ver. 10); but it is not at all necessary to make this explanation; because יען means the reason of, and the whole phrase can be rendered thus: The reason why God has anointed me is, that I shall bring good tidings, etc. פקחקח The opening of the prison. It is one word, with the reduplication of the second and third radical; it is similar in form to סחרחר panteth (Ps. 38:11), אדמדם red (Lev. 13:49), ירקרק green (Lev. ibid).
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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