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Isaiah 61 · Grade 5

The Planting of Yahweh

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Read and Think

Many read Isaiah 61:1-3 as a Servant Song. The word "servant" is not used. The speaker has the Spirit (compare 11:2 and 42:1). His task is to announce good news, liberty, release, and "the year of Yahweh's favor." This recalls the Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:10). Then debts were cancelled and slaves set free. "Anointed" comes from the Hebrew root behind Messiah.

In the New Testament, Luke 4:17-21 tells how Jesus read verses 1-2 at Nazareth. He said this Scripture was fulfilled that day. He stopped before "the day of vengeance." In the New Testament, Matthew 5:4, about those who mourn, also echoes verse 2.

The changes come in pairs: a garland for ashes, joy for mourning, and praise for heaviness. The people become "trees of righteousness" and "Yahweh's priests." This fulfills Israel's calling in Exodus 19:6. In the New Testament, 1 Peter 2:9 applies it to believers. At the end the speaker wears "the garments of salvation" and "the robe of righteousness." Righteousness springs up "before all the nations."

Show What You Know

  1. Which Old Testament law does the year of Yahweh's favor recall?

  2. What word comes from the same root as anointed?

  3. Where did Jesus stop reading in Luke 4?

  4. Which New Testament verse applies the priesthood calling to believers?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good ____ to the humble.
  2. To ____ all who mourn.

Down

  1. The Lord Yahweh’s ____ is on me.
  2. Because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the ____.
  3. The oil of ____ for mourning.

Think About It

  1. In the New Testament, Jesus announced the year of the Lord's favor (Luke 4:19). What does it mean that we live in a time of God's favor?

  2. God turns ashes into a garland. What sorrow have you seen God turn into joy?

Memory Verse

“Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.”

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for bringing good news. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What pairs of change are listed?
  • When has God brought gladness out of grief for you?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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