Isaiah 61:7

Instead of your shame you will have double. 2 Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. 1 Therefore in their land, they will possess double. 2 Everlasting joy will be to them. 1

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In The King James Version

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

In Context

6But you will be called Adonai’s priests. + 61:6. (1-2) Quoted in 1 Pet 2:9 2 Men will call you the servants of our God. 1 You will eat the wealth of the nations, 2 and you will boast in their kavod ·weighty glory·. 1

8“For I, Adonai, 'ahav ·affectionately love· mishpat ·justice·. 2 I hate robbery for burnt offerings. 1 I will give them their reward in truth, 2 and I will make an everlasting covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· with them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:17but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The mishpat ·right· of the firstborn is his.

Isaiah 35:10The Adonai’s ransomed ones will teshuvah ·completely return·, 2 and come with singing to Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking]; 2 and everlasting joy will be on their heads. 1 They will obtain gladness and joy, 2 and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

Isaiah 51:11Those ransomed by Adonai will teshuvah ·completely return·, 2 and come with singing to Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking]; 2 and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. 1 They will obtain gladness and joy. 2 Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 1

Isaiah 60:19The sun will be no more your light by day; 2 nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, 1 but Adonai will be your everlasting light, 2 and your God will be your glory. 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 →

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