Isaiah 61:10
in Isaiah 61I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
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ASV
I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
KJV
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
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This verse in Isaiah 61
Commentary
4 notes on this verseI will greatly rejoice in the Lord - These may be the words of the Jews now converted, and brought into the Church of Christ, and with the Gentiles made fellow heirs of the blessings of the new covenant. As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments “As the bridegroom decketh himself with a priestly crown” - An allusion to the magnificent dress of the high priest, when performing his functions; and particularly to the mitre, and crown or plate of gold on the front of it, Exo 29:
This site's exposition
he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation
on Isaiah 61:10-11
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord shifts the speaker's voice to celebration, he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, pictured as a bridegroom's ornaments and a bride's jewels, clothing worn for a wedding rather than for battle. Verse 11 closes the chapter with a growth image drawn from the ground itself, as the earth bringeth forth her bud, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations, an ending that turns outward to a watching world. Delitzsch reads the bridegroom and bride images as deliberately joyful after the vengeance language of verse 2, and Henry notes the chapter's last word, before all the nations, keeping the same outward reach chapters 60 and 61 share throughout.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Christ has clothed his church with an eternal salvation (and that is truly great) by clothing it with the righteousness both of justification and sanctification. The clean linen is the righteousness of saints, Rev. xix.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
19:8). decketh himself with ornaments--rather "maketh himself a priestly headdress," that is, a magnificent headdress, such as was worn by the high priest, namely, a miter and a plate, or crown of gold worn in front of it [AQUILA, &c.]; appropriate to the "kingdom of priests," dedicated to the offering of spiritual sacrifices to God continually (Ex 19:6;
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
like a bridegroom who dons garments of glory like a high priest.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שׂ֧וֹשׂ | sos | certainly <to rejoice> | H7797 → | 27 times |
| אָשִׂ֣ישׂ | ʾasis | I will rejoice | H7797 → | 27 times |
| בַּֽיהוָ֗ה | bayahweh | in Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| תָּגֵ֤ל | tagel | it may be glad | H1523 → | 45 times |
| נַפְשִׁי֙ | nafshi | self my | H5315 → | 754 times |
| בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔י | belohai | in God my | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִלְבִּישַׁ֙נִי֙ | hilbishani | he has clothed me | H3847 → | 110 times |
| בִּגְדֵי־ | bigdei- | garments of | H899 → | 217 times |
| יֶ֔שַׁע | yesha' | salvation | H3468 → | 36 times |
| מְעִ֥יל | meil | a robe of | H4598 → | |
| צְדָקָ֖ה | tzedakah | righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
| יְעָטָ֑נִי | yeatani | he has covered me | H3271 → | |
| כֶּֽחָתָן֙ | kechatan | like <the> bridegroom | H2860 → | |
| יְכַהֵ֣ן | yekhahen | [who] he acts like a priest | H3547 → | |
| פְּאֵ֔ר | peer | a turban | H6287 → | 7 times |
| וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה | vekhakkalah | and like <the> bride | H3618 → | 34 times |
| תַּעְדֶּ֥ה | ta'deh | [who] she adorns herself | H5710 → | |
| כֵלֶֽיהָ׃ | kheleiha | ornaments her | H3627 → | 325 times |
שׂ֧וֹשׂcertainly <to rejoice>
sosH7797 →27 times
אָשִׂ֣ישׂI will rejoice
ʾasisH7797 →27 times
בַּֽיהוָ֗הin Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
תָּגֵ֤לit may be glad
tagelH1523 →45 times
נַפְשִׁי֙self my
nafshiH5315 →754 times
בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔יin God my
belohaiH430 →2601 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִלְבִּישַׁ֙נִי֙he has clothed me
hilbishaniH3847 →110 times
בִּגְדֵי־garments of
bigdei-H899 →217 times
יֶ֔שַׁעsalvation
yesha'H3468 →36 times
מְעִ֥ילa robe of
meilH4598 →
צְדָקָ֖הrighteousness
tzedakahH6666 →157 times
יְעָטָ֑נִיhe has covered me
yeataniH3271 →
כֶּֽחָתָן֙like <the> bridegroom
kechatanH2860 →
יְכַהֵ֣ן[who] he acts like a priest
yekhahenH3547 →
פְּאֵ֔רa turban
peerH6287 →7 times
וְכַכַּלָּ֖הand like <the> bride
vekhakkalahH3618 →34 times
תַּעְדֶּ֥ה[who] she adorns herself
ta'dehH5710 →
כֵלֶֽיהָ׃ornaments her
kheleihaH3627 →325 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Philippians 3:9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30
It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Galatians 2:16
know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
- Romans 4:13–15
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Romans 4:5–6
However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
Through
Revelation 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:10
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- Revelation 3:12
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the…
- Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
- Hebrews 11:10
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.