## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 61

###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:1:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:1:1)

**יַעַן מָשַׁח.** אֵין מְשִׁיחָה זוֹ, אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן שְׂרָרָה וּגְדֻלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**since the Lord anointed me** This anointing is nothing but an expression of nobility and greatness.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:1:2
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**לִקְרֹא לִשְׁבוּיִם דְּרוֹר.** כְּלוֹמַר, לְבַשֵּׂר לָהֶם בְּשׂוֹרַת הַגְּאֻלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to declare freedom for the captives** That is to say, to bring them the tidings of the redemption.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:1:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:1:3)

**פְּקַח קוֹחַ.** פְּקַח אֶת מַלְקוֹחָם וְשִׁבְיָם וְהַתִּירֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to free from captivity** Heb. פְּקַח קוֹחַ. Open their imprisonment and their captivity and release them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:2:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:2:1)

**שְׁנַת רָצוֹן.** שְׁנַת פִּיּוּס וְרִצּוּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a year of acceptance** A year of appeasement and good will.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:3:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:3:1)

**אֵילֵי הַצֶּדֶק.** לְשׁוֹן ׳אִילָנוֹת׳, כְּמוֹ ״מֵאֵילִים אֲשֶׁר חֲמַדְתֶּם״ (ישעיהו א:ט), וּ**מַטַּע ה׳** יוֹרֶה עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the elms of righteousness** Heb. אֵילֵי, an expression of trees (אִילָנוֹת). Comp. (supra 1:29) “of the elms (מֵאֵילִים) that you desired.” This is evidenced by the end of the verse, “the planting of the Lord etc.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:5:1
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**אִכָּרֵיכֶם.** מַנְהִיגֵי הַמַּחֲרֵשָׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your plowmen** Heb. אִכָּרֵיכֶם, those who lead the plow.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:6:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:6:1)

**כֹּהֲנֵי ה׳.** נְשִׂיאֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**priests of the Lord** Princes of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:6:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:6:2)

**חֵיל גּוֹיִם.** ״נִכְסֵי פָּלְחֵי כוֹכָבִיָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the possessions of the nations** Heb. חֵיל גּוֹיִם, the possessions of the nations [after Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:6:3
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:6:3)

**תִּתְיַמָּרוּ.** אַתֶּם תִּכָּנְסוּ תַּחְתֵּיהֶם בַּכָּבוֹד שֶׁנָּטְלוּ עַד הֵנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you shall succeed [them]** Heb. תִּתְיַמָּרוּ [derived from תְּמוּרָה, exchange]. You shall enter in their stead into the glory they have taken until now.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:7:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:7:1)

**תַּחַת בָּשְׁתְּכֶם.** שֶׁהָיָה **מִשְׁנֶה**, אַף הֵם **כְלִמָּה יָרֹנּוּ** תָּמִיד **חֶלְקָם**. כְּלוֹמַר: **תַּחַת** אֲשֶׁר עַד הֵנָּה תָּמִיד עַמִּי הָיוּ רוֹנְנִים **כְלִמָּה חֶלְקָם**. יֵשׁ רִנָּה שֶׁהוּא אֵבֶל, כְּמוֹ (איכה ב:יט) ״קוּמִי רֹנִּי בַלַּיְלָה״, וּכְמוֹ (מלכים א כב:לו) ״וַתַּעֲבֹר הָרִנָּה״ דְּאַחְאָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Instead of your shame** which was twofold, even they would constantly bemoan their disgrace as their lot. That is to say that instead of until now My people were constantly bemoaning disgrace, their lot... There are instances of רִנָּה that is an expression of mourning. Comp. (Lam. 2:19) “Rise, cry (רֹנִּי) at night,” and comp. (I Kings 22:36) “A cry (הָרִנָּה) passed through the camp,” concerning Ahab’s death.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:8:1
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**כִּי אֲנִי ה׳ אֹהֵב מִשְׁפָּט שֹׂנֵא גָזֵל בְּעוֹלָה.** לְכָךְ אֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל עוֹלוֹת הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמָזָלוֹת, הַשָּׂרִים וְהַשָּׂרוֹת, שֶׁכֻּלָּן גָּזֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For I am the Lord, Who loves justice, hates robbery in a burnt offering** Therefore, I do not accept burnt offerings from the heathens (the nations [Parshandatha, K’li Paz]), for they are all results of robbery.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:8:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:8:2)

**וְנָתַתִּי פְעֻלָּתָם.** שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁתְּהֵא **בֶּאֱמֶת**. אוֹ **וְנָתַתִּי פְעֻלָּתָם** שֶׁפָּעֲלוּ, שָׂכָר שֶׁסָּבְלוּ גִּדּוּפֵי הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמָזָלוֹת, הַשָּׂרִים וְהַשָּׂרוֹת עַל כְּבוֹדִי **בֶּאֱמֶת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will give their wage** The wage of Israel, which shall be in truth. Alternatively, I will give the reward for the deeds they performed, for they suffered the derisions of the heathens (the nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]) for My honor in truth.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:10:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:10:1)

**כֶּחָתָן.** אֲשֶׁר יִלְבַּשׁ לְבוּשֵׁי **פְּאֵר** כְּכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a bridegroom** who dons garments of glory like a high priest.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:10:2
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:10:2)

**וְכַכַּלָּה תַּעְדֶּה כֵלֶיהָ.** תַּכְשִׁיטֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and like a bride, who adorns herself with her jewelry** Heb. כֵלֶיהָ, [lit. her utensils, in this case,] her jewelry.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 61:11:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 61:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:11:1)

**כִּי כָאָרֶץ** אֲשֶׁר **תּוֹצִיא צִמְחָהּ וְגוֹ׳.**