이사야 61:1의 주석

since the Lord anointed me This anointing is nothing but an expression of nobility and greatness.

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).

to declare freedom for the captives That is to say, to bring them the tidings of the redemption.

Because the Lord hath anointed me. The prophets are called anointed; comp. Touch not mine anointed (Ps. 105:15).¹The second part of this verse, And do my prophets no harm, shows that the expressions anointed (משיחי) and prophets (נביאי) signify here the same persons. 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 means²The Hebrew text has the words כי יען טעמו השם משחני, lit., for יען has the meaning ‘ God has anointed me,’ etc., but יען has not this meaning; after טעמו the word טעם the reason why has been omitted, which has been restored in the translation. 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.

to free from captivity Heb. פְּקַח קוֹחַ. Open their imprisonment and their captivity and release them.

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).