Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:2 
Context14:2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. 1 They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.
Isaiah 61:1
Context61:1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,
because the Lord has chosen 2 me. 3
He has commissioned 4 me to encourage 5 the poor,
to help 6 the brokenhearted,
to decree the release of captives,
and the freeing of prisoners,
1 tn Heb “and the house of Jacob will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.”
2 tn Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task.
3 sn The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion’s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God’s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord’s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4; see also 51:16).
4 tn Or “sent” (NAB); NCV “has appointed me.”
5 tn Or “proclaim good news to.”
6 tn Heb “to bind up [the wounds of].”
