Isaiah 61:8

For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate rapine and iniquity, I will give them their reward with faithfulness, And an everlasting covenant will I make with them.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

In Context

7For your shame shall ye have a double reward; And for ignominy ye shall rejoice in your portion; Therefore in your land ye shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be your portion.

9Their race shall be illustrious among the nations, And their offspring among the people; All that see them shall acknowledge That they are a race which Jehovah hath blessed.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:8Good and righteous is the LORD; Therefore showeth he to sinners the way.

Psalms 33:5He loveth justice and equity; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

Psalms 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity; Therefore hath God, thy God, anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows!

Psalms 99:4Let them declare the glory of the King who loveth justice! Thou hast established equity; Thou dost execute justice in Jacob!

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 →

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