Isaiah 61:6
But, ye, the priests of Yahweh, shall be called, The attendants of our God, shall ye be named,—The riches of the nations, shall ye eat, And in their glory, shall ye boast yourselves.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 19:6But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.
Isaiah 23:18But her merchandise and her hire, shall be hallowed unto Yahweh, It shall not be stored up, nor hoarded,—For, to them who dwell before Yahweh, shall her merchandise belong, That they may eat to satisfaction And have stately apparel.
Isaiah 60:5Then, shalt thou see and be radiant, And thy heart, shall throb and be enlarged,—For there shall be turned upon thee the fulness of the sea, The riches of the nations, shall come unto thee;
Isaiah 60:16And thou shalt derive sweet nourishment from the nations, Yea on the bounty of kings, shalt thou be sustained,—So shalt thou know—That, I, Yahweh, am thy Saviour, and That, thy Redeemer, is the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 66:21And of them also, will I take for priests—for Levites, saith Yahweh,
Ezekiel 14:11That the house of Israel may no more go astray from following me, And no more defile themselves by any of their transgressions,— But may become my people, and I, may become their God, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
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 →