Isaiah 61:8
For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
7Thus shall they inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee.
2 Samuel 23:5For my house is not so with the Mighty One: 1 For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, 1 Ready, guarded at every time; 1 For all my salvation and all my desire is, 1 That the wicked should not flourish. 1
Psalms 25:8O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, 1 And the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. 1
Psalms 33:5I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, 1 And delivered me from all my sojournings. 1
Psalms 45:7The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: 1 He uttered his voice, the earth shook. 1
Psalms 99:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 1 And his courts with hymns; 1 Give thanks to him, praise his name. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 61:5-10
The Office of the Messiah; The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vinedressers. 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye… Read the whole commentary →