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Instead of your shame, a double portion,
    and instead of insult, they will rejoice over their portion.
Therefore they will take a double portion in their land;
    they shall possess everlasting joy.[a]
For I, Yahweh, love justice,
    hate robbery and[b] injustice,
and I will faithfully[c] give their reward,
    and I will make[d] an everlasting covenant with[e] them.
And their descendants[f] will be known among the nations,
    and their offspring in the midst of the peoples.
All those who see them shall recognize them,
    that they are descendants[g] whom Yahweh has blessed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:7 Literally “possession of joy everlasting shall be for them”
  2. Isaiah 61:8 Or “in”
  3. Isaiah 61:8 Literally “in the faithfulness”
  4. Isaiah 61:8 Literally “cut”
  5. Isaiah 61:8 Literally “to”
  6. Isaiah 61:9 Hebrew “descendant”
  7. Isaiah 61:9 Hebrew “descendant”

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

“For I, the Lord, love justice;(E)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(F) with them.
Their descendants(G) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”(H)

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