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You will be called the Lord’s priests.
You will be named ministers of our God.
You will eat the wealth of nations,
and you will boast about their riches.
In place of your shame, you will receive a double portion.
Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their share of the land.
In fact, in their land they will inherit a double portion.
Everlasting joy will be theirs.
Yes, I am the Lord. I love justice.
I hate robbery in a burnt offering.[a]
I will repay them in faithfulness,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:8 The translation follows the reading of most Hebrew manuscripts. A variant found in some Hebrew manuscripts and supported by the ancient versions reads with wrongdoing.

And you will be called priests(A) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth(B) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

Instead of your shame(C)
    you will receive a double(D) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit(E) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy(F) will be yours.

“For I, the Lord, love justice;(G)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(H) with them.

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