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Isiah 61:10

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edited December 1969 in Faith Issues
Hi, Does anyone here have a Coptic Commentary on the following Bible verse from Isiah the Prophet:

I delight greatly in the LORD;

my soul rejoices in my God.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation.

and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels

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    The true ecclesiastical life is an everlasting wedding filled with joy and endless rejoice, through which we are clothed with the garments of salvation as an everlasting wedding garment, or a general priestly garment...

    [center]“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord. My soul shall be joyful in my God. For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”[/center]
    (Is. 61: 10)

    In some of the traditional Churches, the priest repeats this phrase, as he puts on his priestly garments to partake of the sacrament of the Eucharist, counting that he is approaching a joyful wedding, that necessitates getting clothed with the hidden garments of salvation, righteousness, and the adornment of the Spirit. What is this garment but the Lord Christ Himself? By whom the believers are clothed with as they enjoy the water of baptism. (Galatians 3: 27)

    [center] Truly, Christ is the adornment of the bride. He who is, was, and will be the blessed now, and forever, Amen.[/center]
    - St. Gregory of Nyssa

    [center] Now, (after baptism), having taken off the old garments, and put on the white ones spiritually, it is fitting to keep on wearing what is white. Of course we do not mean by that to wear only white attire, but to clothe ourselves with garments, that are white with truth, spiritually shining, thus saying with Isaiah: “ My soul rejoices in my God, who clothed me with the garment of salvation.”
    Keep the holy day, clothed with the garment of salvation, Jesus Christ.[/center]
    - St. Cyril of Jerusalem

    The prophet clarified what he means by the garment of salvation, saying, “For as the earth brings forth its bud; as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” (Is. 61: 11) It is as though the garment of salvation is the righteousness of Christ and His praise that He grants us is a free gift from Him.

    (All the above was taken by 'A Patristic Commentary: The Book of Isaiah' by Fr Tadros Y. Malaty. May his blessed service continue.)
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