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Isaiah 61:8

JusticeCovenant and promises

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.

7 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.

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.

10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
ASV
For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
DARBY
For I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
BLB
For I [am] YHWH, loving justice [and] hating robbery with injustice! And I will give their recompense in truth, and a covenant forever I will cut with them.
ÅB
for jeg, Herren, elsker rett og hater urettferdig rov, og trofast vil jeg gi dem deres lønn, og en evig pakt vil jeg gjøre med dem.
OTB
For jeg, Herren, elsker rettferdighet; jeg hater ran og urett. I min trofasthet vil jeg belønne dem og inngå en evig pakt med dem.
B1930
for jeg, Herren, elsker rett og hater urettferdig rov, og trofast vil jeg gi dem deres lønn, og en evig pakt vil jeg gjøre med dem.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 11:7

    For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

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  • Jeremiah 9:24

    But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

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  • Zechariah 8:16–17

    These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

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  • Jeremiah 32:40

    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

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  • Genesis 17:7

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.

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  • Psalms 37:28

    For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

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  • Psalms 25:8–12

    Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

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