Isaiah 61:4-9
Lexham English Bible
4 And they shall build the ancient ruins,
they shall erect the former deserted places.
And they shall restore the devastated cities,[a]
the deserted places of many generations.[b]
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,[c]
and foreigners[d] shall be your farmers and vinedressers.
6 But[e] you shall be called the priests of Yahweh,
you will be called[f] servers of our God.
You shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and you shall boast in their riches.
7 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.[g]
8 For I, Yahweh, love justice,
hate robbery and[h] injustice,
and I will faithfully[i] give their reward,
and I will make[j] an everlasting covenant with[k] them.
9 And their descendants[l] 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[m] whom Yahweh has blessed.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:4 Literally “cities of devastation”
- Isaiah 61:4 Literally “generation and generation”
- Isaiah 61:5 Hebrew “flock”
- Isaiah 61:5 Literally “sons of a foreign country”
- Isaiah 61:6 Or “And”
- Isaiah 61:6 Literally “it shall be said of you”
- Isaiah 61:7 Literally “possession of joy everlasting shall be for them”
- Isaiah 61:8 Or “in”
- Isaiah 61:8 Literally “in the faithfulness”
- Isaiah 61:8 Literally “cut”
- Isaiah 61:8 Literally “to”
- Isaiah 61:9 Hebrew “descendant”
- Isaiah 61:9 Hebrew “descendant”
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