Isaiah 61:6
You will be called the priests of Yahweh; they will call you servants of our God. 1 You will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their riches. 1
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Exodus 19:6You will be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation for me. These are the words that you must speak to the people of Israel.”
Isaiah 23:18Her profits and earnings will be set apart to Yahweh. They will not be stored up or kept in the treasury, for her profits will be given to those who live in Yahweh's presence and will be used to supply them with abundant food and so they can have the best quality clothing.
Isaiah 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart shall rejoice and overflow, 1 because the abundance of the sea will be poured out to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you. 1
Isaiah 60:16You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse at the breast of kings; 1 you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 66:21Some of these I will even choose as priests and Levites—says Yahweh. 1
Ezekiel 14:11Because of this, the house of Israel will no longer wander away from following me nor defile themselves any longer through all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'”
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 →