Isaiah 61:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

To appoint. to set (as. permanent, irrevocable thing).

beauty. ashes. Note the emphasis put on this by the Figure of speech Paronomasia. pe'er. 'epher.

beauty. an ornament, or nuptial tiara.

ashes: as put on the head, as. sign of mourning (2 Samuel 13:19).

spirit of heaviness. heavy spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

trees of righteousness. Reference to Isaiah 60:21.

He. All is for Jehovah's glory.

Isaiah 61:3

3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.