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Isaiah 61:8
8I, the Lord, love justice. I hate it when people rob others, or they do other wrong things. Because I am faithful, I will give help to my people. I will make a covenant with them that will continue for ever.
Isaiah 61:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
Context of Isaiah 61:8
6People will call you “The Lord's priests who are servants of our God”. You will enjoy valuable things from other nations. You will boast about all the riches that you receive from them. 7You will not be ashamed any more. Instead, you will receive twice as much blessing. People will not say that you are useless. Instead, you will live happily on your own land. Yes, my people will have twice the crops from their land, And so they will always be very happy. I, the Lord, love justice. I hate it when people rob others, or they do other wrong things. Because I am faithful, I will give help to my people. I will make a covenant with them that will continue for ever. 9Their descendants will be famous among the other nations. Everyone who sees them will know that the Lord has blessed them.’ 10I am very happy, because of what the Lord, my God, has done. I have so much joy! He has given salvation to me, like clothes that I can wear all the time. I have his righteousness as my coat! He makes me handsome, like a bridegroom who wears a priest's hat. He makes me beautiful, like a bride who wears her jewels.
Read all of Isaiah 61Isaiah 61:8 word by word
כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֹהֵ֣ב מִשְׁפָּ֔ט שֹׂנֵ֥א גָזֵ֖ל בְּעוֹלָ֑ה וְנָתַתִּ֤י פְעֻלָּתָם֙ בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת וּבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם אֶכְר֥וֹת לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
- I hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
- robberyגָּזֵלgâzêl · robberyH1498
- for burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
- and I will directנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- their workפְּעֻלָּהpe‛ûllâh · wagesH6468
- in truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571
- and I will makeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
- an everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
Cross-references for Isaiah 61:8
- Psalms 11:7The Lord always does what is right. He loves people to do good things. Those who do what is right will know that God loves them.
- Psalms 33:5He loves everything that is right and fair. The world is full of his faithful love.
- Psalms 37:28The Lord loves justice. He will never leave those who serve him. He will take care of them for ever, but he will remove the children of wicked people.
- Psalms 45:7You love people to do what is right, and you hate anything that is evil. So God, your God, has chosen you to be greater than all your people. He has put special olive oil on you, to make you happy.
- Psalms 99:4You are a strong king who loves justice. You have made fair rules, so that people in Israel do what is right.
- Jeremiah 9:24If they want to be proud about something, they should be proud that they know me. They should boast that they understand who I am. I am the Lord. I am faithful in my love for my people. I always do what is right and fair. It makes me happy when people live in that way too.’
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things that you should do. Speak true words to each other. Leaders, be fair to all people.
- Isaiah 1:11The Lord says, ‘All your sacrifices are not important to me. I have received too many sacrifices that you have burned as gifts to me. I have received too many sheep and fat animals. I do not want any more blood from bulls, goats and lambs that you have offered to me as sacrifices. They do not give me any pleasure.
- 1 Samuel 15:21But the army did not kill all the sheep and cows that they took from the Amalekites. They brought the best animals to offer as a sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.’
- Jeremiah 7:8But look at how you live now! You believe in lies that cannot save you.
- Amos 5:21The Lord says, ‘When you have your festivals, I hate them! When you meet to worship me, it does not make me happy!
- Matthew 23:14[It will be very bad for you, teachers of God's Law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites! You take things away from women after their husbands have died. You pray for a long time so that other people will praise you. God will punish you much more than other people.]
- Psalms 25:8The Lord is good and he does what is right. Because of that, he teaches sinners the right way to live.
- Psalms 32:8I will teach you the right way to live. I will be your guide and I will take care of you.
- Proverbs 3:6Whatever you are doing, remember that the Lord is with you. Then he will show you the right way to go.
- Proverbs 8:20I walk along the way that is righteous. I follow the path of justice.
Commentaries on Isaiah 61:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I hate robbery for burnt-offering "Who hate rapine and iniquity" - The Syriac, and Chaldee prefix the conjunction ו vau, instead of the preposition ב beth, to עולה olah, which they render iniquity or oppression; and so the Septuagint, . The difference lies in the punctuation; בעולה beolah, in a burnt-offering בעולה beavelah, in iniquity. The letters are the same in both words. Five of De Rossi's MSS. confirm this reading.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8For I the Lord love judgment - That is, I shall delight in rendering to my people what is right. It is right that they should enjoy my protection, and be favored with the tokens of my kindness. Loving justice and right, therefore, I will confer on them the privileges and blessings which they ought to enjoy, and which will be a public expression of my favor and love.‘ I hate robbery for burnt-offering - There has been great variety in the interpretation of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 Promises are here made to the Jews returned out of captivity, which extend to all those who, through grace, are delivered out of spiritual thraldom. An unholy soul is like a city that is broken down, and has no walls, like a house in ruins; but by the power of Christ's gospel and grace, it is fitted to be a habitation of God, through the Spirit. When, by the grace of God, we attain to holy indifference as to the affairs of this world; when…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Those who belong to the community of God’s people are to imitate the character of God. God loves justice (see Micah 6:8) and hates wrongdoing (Isaiah 33:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. judgment--justice, which requires that I should restore My people, and give them double in compensation for their sufferings. robbery for burnt offering--rather, from a different Hebrew root, the spoil of iniquity [Horsley]. So in Job 5:6. Hating, as I do, the rapine, combined with iniquity, perpetrated on My people by their enemies, I will vindicate Israel. direct ... work in truth--rather, "I will give them the reward of their work" (compare Is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 61
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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