## Targum Jonathan on Isaiah Chapter 61

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

אֲמַר נְבִיָא רוּחַ נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלֹהִים עֲלַי חֲלַף דְרַבֵּי יָתִי יְיָ לְבַשָׂרָא עִנְוְתָנַיָא שַׁלְחַנִי לְתַקָפָא לִתְבִירֵי לִבָּא לְמִקְרֵי לְדִשְׁבַן חֵירוּ וְלִדְאֲסִירִין אִתְגְלוּ לְנֵיהוֹר:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
The prophet said, the spirit of prophecy from before the presence of the Lord God is upon me; because that the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He hath sent me to strengthen the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to the prisoners! Appear in light!


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

לְמִקְרֵי שְׁנַת רַעֲוָא קֳדָם יְיָ וְיוֹם פּוּרְעֲנוּתָא קֳדָם אֱלָהָנָא לְנַחָמָא כָּל אֲבֵלַיָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.


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

לְשַׁוָאָה לַאֲבֵילֵי צִיוֹן לְמִתַּן לְהוֹן כְּלִיל חֲלַף קְטַם מְשַׁח דְחֶדְוָה חֲלַף אֶבְלָא רוּחַ מְשַׁבָּחָא חֲלַף רוּחֲהוֹן דַהֲוָת עַמְיָא וְיִקְרוֹן לְהוֹן רַבְרְבֵי קוּשְׁטָא עַמֵהּ דַייָ לְאִשְׁתַּבָּחָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that unto them be given a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the spirit of praise for their spirit which is faint; they shall be called princes of truth, the people of the Lord, that He may assuredly be glorified.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 61:4
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 61:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:4)

וְיִבְנוֹן חָרְבַת עֲלָם צַדְיָת קַדְמָאֵי יְקוֹמְמוּן וִיחַדְתּוּן קִירְוִין דַהֲוָאָה חָרְבָּן צַדְיָא דָר וְדָר:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the cities which were wastes, the desolations of many generations.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 61:5
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 61:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:5)

וִיקוּמוּן נוּכְרָאִין וְיִרְעוּן עָנְכוֹן וּבְנֵי עַמְמַיָא אִכָּרֵיכוֹן וּמְפַלְחֵי כַּרְמֵיכוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the Gentiles shall be your plowmen, and they shall dress your vineyards.


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

וְאַתּוּן כַּהֲנַיָא דַייָ תִּתְקְרוּן דִמְשַׁמְשִׁין קֳדָם אֱלָהָנָא יִתְאֲמַר לְכוֹן נִכְסֵי פַּלְחֵי כּוֹכְבַיָא תֵּיכְלוּן וּבִיקָרְהוֹן תִּתְפַּנְקוּן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
But ye shall be called the Priests of the Lord: it shall be said of you that ye are those who minister before our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory ye shall delight yourselves.


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

חֲלַף דִבְהַתְהוּן וְאִתְכְּנַעְתּוּן עַל חַד תְרֵין בְּטַבְוָן דַאֲמָרֵית לְכוֹן אַיְתֵי לְכוֹן וְיִתְבָּהֲתוּן עַמְמַיָא דַהֲווֹ מִשְׁתַּבְּחִין בְּחוּלַקְהוֹן בְּכֵן בְּאַרְעֲהוֹן עַל חַד תְּרֵין יַחְסְנוּן חֶדְוַת עֲלָם תְּהִי לְהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Instead of your having suffered shame, and confusion, I will bring unto you double mercies, from which I have promised you; and the Gentiles who glory in their portion shall be confounded: therefore in their own land they shall possess double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.


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

אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ רָחֵימְנָא דִינָא מְרַחֵק קֳדָמַי שִׁקְרָא וְאוֹנָסָא וְאֶתֵּן אֲגַר עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן בִּקְשׁוֹט וּקְיַם עֲלַם אֶגְזַר לְהוֹן:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
For I, the Lord, love justice; lying and violence are an abomination in my presence; and I will render the reward of their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.


###### Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 61:9
[Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 61:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20Isaiah/r/61:9)

וְיִתְרַבּוּן בְּעַמְמַיָא בְנֵיהוֹן וּבְּנֵי בְנֵיהוֹן בְּגוֹ מַלְכְּוָתָא כָּל חֶזְאֵיהוֹן יִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעִינוּן אֲרֵי אִינוּן זַרְעָא דְבָרְכֵהּ יְיָ:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
And their sons shall be magnified amongst the nations, and their sons' sons amongst the kingdoms: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord has blessed.


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

אֲמָרַת יְרוּשְׁלֵם מֶחְדָא אֶחְדֵי בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ תְּבוּעַ נַפְשִׁי בְּפוּרְקָנָא דֶאֱלָהִי אֲרֵי אַלְבְּשַׁנִי לְבוּשִׁין דְפוּרְקַן מְעִין דִזְכוּ עִטְפַנִי כַּחֲתָנָא דְמִצְלַח בִּגְנוּנֵהּ וּכְכַהֲנָא רַבָּא דְמַתְקַן בִּלְבוּשׁוֹהִי וּכְכַלְתָא דְמִתְקַשְׁטָא בְתִיקוּנָהָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
Jerusalem shall say, I will greatly rejoice in the Word of the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in the salvation of my God; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the upper garments of righteousness, like a bridegroom who is happy in his bridechamber, and like the high priest who decketh himself with his robes, and like a bride who is adorned with her jewels.


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

אֲרֵי כְאַרְעָא דְמַפְקָא צִמְחָהּ וּכְגִנַת שַׁקְיָא דְזֵירוּעָהָא מְרַבְיָא כֵּן יְיָ אֱלֹהִים יִגְלֵי זְכוּתָא וְתוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא דִירוּשְׁלֵם לָקֳבֵל כָּל עַמְמַיָא:

**London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871:**
For as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, and as a watered garden causeth the things that are sown in it to grow, thus the Lord God shall reveal the righteousness and the praise of Jerusalem before all the nations.