I'm not going to judge if this is indeed a different section following 40-55. It clearly is in deep conversation with those preceding chapters. This forms most of the "mission statement" of Jesus in Lk. 4

The Spirit is allied with the servant, (see 42:1-4). Anointing has messianic meaning for many, as the word itself attests.. Priest, prophets, kings were anointed

Look, at this season, to whom the work is directed. It is not destructivbe work but healing and liberating work. Oppressed=anawim that could also be afflicted or quite simply the poor. Release can't help but bring up thoughts of Jubillee (see the Mary Chapin Carpenter song) from Lev. 25.

The year of the Lord's favor could be directed to this or to 49:8 that the time of favor/grace has come. In v. 4, it seems to lead to rebuilding, but notice the sense of age, many generations.

 

This is a hard time of year for the grieiving-look at what is offered them now.

 

I like this phrase-oaks of righteousness-especially when we recall that it is a relational word more than following strictures.  

 

The lectionary then skips, for some reasons, but one can always restore the verses, to v. 8. We a textual issues it could be wrongdoing or it could be robbery with an offering, that would be a nice entry into worship v. social justice.

Shame is a sense of public exposure, so it is being transformed by public acclaim.

v.10 If one wants to talk about holiday spirit, the sense of one's whole being exulting in v. 10 is a good place to start.

 

We are all wearing our baptismal robes of the new self. here the servant/p[rophet is clotherd in salvation and righteousness. These are not burdens but festive garments.

 

Please note the agricultural metaphor in v. 11. In v. 3 we have plantings. This is a victory garden, see Brown's Ethos of the Cosmos