Isaiah 61:1
Douay-Rheims
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.
Rashi
since the Lord anointed me This anointing is nothing but an expression of nobility and greatness. to declare freedom for the captives That is to say, to bring them the tidings of the redemption. to free from captivity Heb. פְּקַח קוֹחַ. Open their imprisonment and their captivity and release them.
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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1105 · Isaiah 61:1
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