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Isaiah 61 · Preschool

Good News

Name Date

Color the happy people receiving good news. God sends good news to people who are sad.

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

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

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God sent someone to bring good news, heal sad hearts, and set people free. In the New Testament, Jesus read these words and said they were about him (Luke 4:17-21). Let's practice saying: God brings good news.

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Isaiah 61 · Kindergarten

Joy for Sadness

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

NEWS
FREE
JOY
PRAISE
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

NEWS
FREE
JOY
PRAISE

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw a garden springing up.

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who brings good news?
  • What does God give for sadness?

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Isaiah 61 · Grade 1

Good News to the Humble

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

NEWS
HEART
JOY
TREES
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each sentence to its picture.

Good news to the humble.
Bind up the broken hearted.
A garland for ashes.
Trees of righteousness.
Garments of salvation.

Good News

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

For I, Yahweh, love justice

For as the earth produces its bud

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh!

They will rebuild the old ruins

Draw a garden springing up.

Memory Verse

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

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you help someone who is sad?
  • How can you cheer up a friend?
  • What would you like to say to God about this chapter?

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Isaiah 61 · Grade 2

Good News for Sad Hearts

Name Date

Read the Story

God's Spirit was on a special helper. He would bring good news. He would help people with sad hearts. He would set people free.

He would give joy to people who cry. In the New Testament, he was Jesus. Jesus read these words and said they were about him (Luke 4:17-21).

Memory Verse

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

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. Whose Spirit was on the helper?

    God'sJoyPeople with sad hearts

  2. What would he bring?

    People with sad heartsGood newsGod's

  3. Who would he help?

    Good newsJoyPeople with sad hearts

  4. What would he give people who cry?

    Good newsPeople with sad heartsJoy

  5. Who read these words in the New Testament?

    JesusGod'sJoy

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

COHJNBSAPYOUOELPDRDIMYWIIAAYRBFSBRTIUTLROEIYSJREOCRTAEFEHNYTTMIIEMUVYMVYYSCRNUWNK
  • LIBERTY
  • COMFORT
  • SPIRIT
  • HUMBLE
  • PRAISE
  • TREES
  • NEWS
  • JOY

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • God promised to comfort all who mourn. Who could you cheer up this week?
  • God loves fairness and hates stealing. How can you be fair to others?

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Isaiah 61 · Grade 3

The Oil of Joy

Name Date

Read the Story

"The Lord Yahweh's Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble." He was sent "to bind up the broken hearted." He would set captives free.

He would "comfort all who mourn." He would give "the oil of joy for mourning."

In the New Testament, Jesus read these words in his home town. He said they came true that day (Luke 4:17-21). The speaker sang, "I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh!"

Memory Verse

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

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. What was on the speaker?

  2. Who would hear good news?

  3. Who would be bound up?

  4. What would replace mourning?

  5. Which New Testament passage says Jesus read these words?

Good News

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Word Search

Find each word. Words go across, down, and diagonally.

MDCOMFORTAPRAISEELLIBERTYKATVSHUMBLEJRVPFKKSDODENIGAGEYCGEERUYNSMEWSUIAFPBVSJSCTK
  • LIBERTY
  • COMFORT
  • SPIRIT
  • HUMBLE
  • PRAISE
  • TREES
  • NEWS
  • JOY

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What would mourners be called?
  • How can praise help?

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Isaiah 61 · Grade 4

The Year of Yahweh's Favor

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Read and Think

Isaiah 61 begins, "The Lord Yahweh's Spirit is on me, because Yahweh 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." He would "proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor" and "comfort all who mourn."

In the New Testament, Jesus stood up in the synagogue at Nazareth, read this passage, and said that this Scripture had been fulfilled in their hearing that day (Luke 4:21). He stopped reading after "the year of Yahweh's favor" and did not read about "the day of vengeance." Many see this as showing his first coming was for mercy.

The mourners would receive "a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." They would be called "trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh." They would rebuild old ruins. The speaker rejoices: "he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness."

Show What You Know

  1. Why is the Spirit on the speaker?

  2. Where did Jesus read this passage in the New Testament?

  3. Where did Jesus stop reading?

  4. What would the mourners be called?

Think About It

  1. In the New Testament, Jesus came to bind up the broken hearted (Luke 4:18). How can you help someone who is sad?

  2. God gives the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. How can praising God help when you feel heavy?

Memory Verse

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

Isaiah 61:5 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

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

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does Jubilee mean?
  • God gave His people beauty instead of ashes. What sad thing in your life could God make beautiful?

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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)

Copy It

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?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.