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Isaiah 61:7-9

King James Version (KJV)

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7. For your shame [ye shall have] double; and [for] confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8. For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 9. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they [are] the seed [which] the LORD hath blessed.

Isaiah 61:7-9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 61:7

Theological / Devotional

Double. After Job’s affliction God rewarded him with twice as much as he had had before (Job 42:10). God’s people had suffered, it seemed to them, twice as much as they deserved, but God would amply reward them (see Isa. 40:2; Zech. 9:12; cf. Jer. 16:18; Rev. 18:6).

Confusion. Instead of confusion and reproach, God would give them joy. The tables would be turned. Whereas they had once been oppressed and despised, they would now be honored and exalted. In vs. 7-9 Isaiah speaks of Israel, rather than to Israel, as in vs. 5, 6.

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