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Isaiah 61:6

But ye shall be named the Kohanim of Hashem; 1 men shall call you the Mesharetim (Ministers) of Eloheinu; 1 ye shall eat the chayil Goyim, 1 (wealth of Nations) and in their kavod shall ye boast. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 boast yourselves.

In Context

5And zarim shall stand and shepherd your tzon, 1 and bnei nekhar shall be 1 your plowmen and your vinedressers. 1

7Instead of your bushah (shame) ye shall have a mishneh (double [portion]); 1 and for dishonor they shall rejoice in their chelek (portion): 1 therefore in their land they shall possess the mishneh; 1 simchat olam (everlasting joy) shall be unto them. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 19:6And ye shall be unto Me a mamlechet kohanim, and a goy kadosh. These are the words which thou shalt recount unto the Bnei Yisroel.

Isaiah 23:18And her gain and her hire shall be kodesh to Hashem; it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her + 23:18 Tzorʼs earnings shall be for them that live before Hashem, to eat sufficiently, and for choice clothing.

Isaiah 60:5Then thou shalt see, and be radiant, 1 and thine lev shall fear, and swell; 1 because the hamon yam shall be converted unto thee, 1 the chayil Goyim (wealth of the Nations) shall come unto thee. 1

Isaiah 60:16Thou shalt also drink the cholov Goyim, 1 and shalt nurse at the breast of melachim; 1 and thou shalt know that I Hashem am thy Moshia 1 and thy Go'el, the Avir Ya'akov (Mighty One of Jacob). 1

Isaiah 66:21And I will also take of them for kohanim and for Levi'im, saith Hashem. 1

Ezekiel 14:11That Bais Yisroel may go no more astray from Me, neither be made tameh any more with all their peysha'im; but that they may be My people, and I may be to them Elohim, saith Adonoi Hashem.

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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