Isaiah 61:7

5 Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

8 For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

9 Their descendants 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
KJV
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.
WEB
Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.
ASV
Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
DARBY
Instead of your shame [ye shall have] double; instead of confusion they shall celebrate with joy their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
BLB
Instead of your⁺ shame and dishonor, double, they will rejoice in their portion, so that in their land they will possess double; joy forever will be unto them.
ÅB
For deres skam skal dere få dobbelt gjengjeld, og de som led vanære, skal nå juble over sin lodd; derfor skal de få dobbelt lodd i sitt land, evig glede skal bli dem til del;
OTB
I stedet for deres skam skal dere få en dobbel del, og i stedet for vanære skal de rope av glede over deres arv. Derfor skal de eie en dobbel del i sitt land, og evig glede skal være deres.
B1930
For eders skam skal I få dobbelt gjengjeld, og de som led vanære, skal nu juble over sin lodd; derfor skal de få dobbelt lodd i sitt land, evig glede skal bli dem til del;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 42:10

    After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

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  • Zechariah 9:12

    Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

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  • Isaiah 40:2

    “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

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  • Isaiah 60:19–20

    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

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  • Psalms 16:11

    You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

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  • 2 Kings 2:9

    After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.

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  • Isaiah 51:11

    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:17

    For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.

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