Isaiah 61:8

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

6But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. 7Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their recompense And make an everlasting covenant with them. 9Then their offspring will be known among the nations, And their descendants in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them Because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed. 10I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 61:8 word by word

כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֹהֵ֣ב מִשְׁפָּ֔ט שֹׂנֵ֥א גָזֵ֖ל בְּעוֹלָ֑ה וְנָתַתִּ֤י פְעֻלָּתָם֙ בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת וּבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָ֖ם אֶכְר֥וֹת לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• For I, the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• I hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• robberyגָּזֵלgâzêl · robberyH1498
• in the burntעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• And I will faithfullyאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571
• giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them their recompenseפְּעֻלָּהpe‛ûllâh · wagesH6468
• And makeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285

Cross-references for Isaiah 61:8

• Psalms 11:7For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.
• Psalms 33:5He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
• Psalms 37:28For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
• Psalms 45:7You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows.
• Psalms 99:4The strength of the King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Jeremiah 9:24but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord.
• Zechariah 8:16These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.
• Isaiah 1:11“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
• 1 Samuel 15:21But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”
• Jeremiah 7:8“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
• Amos 5:21“I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.
• Matthew 23:14[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
• Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
• Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.
• Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
• Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths 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

Topics related to Isaiah 61:8

• Church
• Covenant
• God Continued...
• Hypocrisy
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Robbery
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Beauty
• Joyful
• Preach
• Raise
• Abstinence
• Citizenship
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Covenant, the New
• Ethics

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