Focused Passage

Isaiah 61:5-9

The Spirit-Anointed Servant Proclaims Good News and Everlasting Joy

From the Spirit-anointed herald’s mission of good news, healing, freedom, favor, vengeance, and comfort, to the transformation of mourners into oaks of righteousness, to the rebuilding of ancient ruins, to the priestly identity and double portion of the restored people, to the LORD’s love of justice and everlasting covenant, to rejoicing in salvation and righteousness springing up before the nations.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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.

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.

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.

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References and Original Words

Verse 5

Cross-references

Isaiah 60:10 Classic cross-references Isaiah 14:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:14 Classic cross-references Isaiah 14:1 Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 3:9 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:9-10 OliveGrove study links 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 8:10-12 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Strangers זָרִ֔ים H2114 Adjective - masculine plural will stand וְעָמְד֣וּ H5975 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural and feed וְרָע֖וּ H7462 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural your flocks צֹאנְכֶ֑ם H6629 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural and foreigners וּבְנֵ֣י H1121 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct . . . נֵכָ֔ר H5236 Noun - masculine singular will be your plowmen אִכָּרֵיכֶ֖ם H406 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural and vinedressers וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃ H3755 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

Verse 6

Cross-references

1 Peter 2:9 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:5 Classic cross-references Revelation 1:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 60:16 Classic cross-references Exodus 19:6 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:9-10 OliveGrove study links 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 8:10-12 OliveGrove study links

Original words

But you וְאַתֶּ֗ם H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural will be called תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ H7121 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural the priests כֹּהֲנֵ֤י H3548 Noun - masculine plural construct of the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular they will speak יֵאָמֵ֖ר H559 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular of you לָכֶ֑ם Preposition | second person masculine plural as ministers מְשָׁרְתֵ֣י H8334 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct of our God אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural you will feed on תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural the wealth חֵ֤יל H2428 Noun - masculine singular construct of nations גּוֹיִם֙ H1471 Noun - masculine plural and you will boast תִּתְיַמָּֽרוּ׃ H3235 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural in their riches וּבִכְבוֹדָ֖ם H3519 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

Verse 7

Cross-references

Zephaniah 3:19 Classic cross-references Job 42:10 Classic cross-references Zechariah 9:12 Classic cross-references Isaiah 40:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 60:19 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:9-10 OliveGrove study links 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 8:10-12 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Instead תַּ֤חַת H8478 Preposition of shame בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ H1322 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural [My people will have a] double portion מִשְׁנֶ֔ה H4932 Noun - masculine singular and [instead of] humiliation וּכְלִמָּ֖ה H3639 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular they will rejoice יָרֹ֣נּוּ H7442 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural in their share חֶלְקָ֑ם H2506 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural and so לָכֵ֤ן H3651 Adverb they will inherit יִירָ֔שׁוּ H3423 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural a double portion מִשְׁנֶ֣ה H4932 Noun - masculine singular in their land בְּאַרְצָם֙ H776 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural and everlasting עוֹלָ֖ם H5769 Noun - masculine singular joy שִׂמְחַ֥ת H8057 Noun - feminine singular construct will be תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular theirs לָהֶֽם׃ Preposition | third person masculine plural

Verse 8

Cross-references

Psalms 11:7 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 9:24 Classic cross-references Zechariah 8:16 Classic cross-references Genesis 17:7 Classic cross-references Isaiah 55:3 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:9-10 OliveGrove study links 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 8:10-12 OliveGrove study links

Original words

For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֤י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular love אֹהֵ֣ב H157 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular justice מִשְׁפָּ֔ט H4941 Noun - masculine singular I hate שֹׂנֵ֥א H8130 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular robbery גָזֵ֖ל H1498 Noun - masculine singular and iniquity בְּעוֹלָ֑ה H5766 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular in My faithfulness בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת H571 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular I will give them וְנָתַתִּ֤י H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular their recompense פְעֻלָּתָם֙ H6468 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural and make אֶכְר֥וֹת H3772 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular an everlasting עוֹלָ֖ם H5769 Noun - masculine singular covenant וּבְרִ֥ית H1285 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct with them לָהֶֽם׃ Preposition | third person masculine plural

Verse 9

Cross-references

Isaiah 44:3 Classic cross-references Ephesians 1:3 Classic cross-references Isaiah 65:23 Classic cross-references Genesis 30:27 Classic cross-references Malachi 3:12 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:9-10 OliveGrove study links 2 Corinthians 1:20 OliveGrove study links Hebrews 8:10-12 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Their descendants זַרְעָ֔ם H2233 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural will be known וְנוֹדַ֤ע H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular among the nations בַּגּוֹיִם֙ H1471 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural and their offspring וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם H6631 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural among בְּת֣וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct the peoples הָעַמִּ֑ים H5971 Article | Noun - masculine plural All כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct who see them רֹֽאֵיהֶם֙ H7200 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural will acknowledge יַכִּיר֔וּם H5234 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural that כִּ֛י H3588 Conjunction they הֵ֥ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural are a people זֶ֖רַע H2233 Noun - masculine singular the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has blessed בֵּרַ֥ךְ H1288 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular

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