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In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/61.htm">New Living Translation</a> “For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/esv/isaiah/61.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/61.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/61.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/61.htm">New King James Version</a> “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. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/61.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their reward, And make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/61.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/61.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their recompense, And I will make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/61.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And in truth I will give them their recompense And cut an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/amp/isaiah/61.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery with a burnt offering. And I will faithfully reward them, And make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/csb/isaiah/61.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and injustice; I will faithfully reward my people and make a permanent covenant with them. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/61.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For I Yahweh love justice; I hate robbery and injustice; I will faithfully reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/asv/isaiah/61.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/61.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I, the LORD, love justice! But I hate robbery and injustice. My people, I solemnly promise to reward you with an eternal agreement. <a href="/erv/isaiah/61.htm">English Revised Version</a> For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/61.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people's work. I will make an everlasting promise to them. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/61.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD says, "I love justice and I hate oppression and crime. I will faithfully reward my people And make an eternal covenant with them. <a href="/isv/isaiah/61.htm">International Standard Version</a> "For I, the LORD, love justice, and I hate robbery and iniquity; I will faithfully present your reward and make an everlasting covenant with you. <a href="/net/isaiah/61.htm">NET Bible</a> For I, the LORD, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/61.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "For I, the LORD, love justice, and I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/61.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/isaiah/61.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/61.htm">World English Bible</a> “For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/61.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “For I [am] YHWH, loving judgment, "" Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, "" And I have given their wage in truth, "" And I make a perpetual covenant for them. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/61.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For I am Jehovah, loving judgment, Hating plunder for a burnt-offering, And I have given their wage in truth, And a covenant age-during I make for them. <a href="/slt/isaiah/61.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For I Jehovah love judgment, hating robbery for burnt-offering; and I gave their works in truth, and I will cut out to them an eternal covenant.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/61.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/61.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For I am the Lord, who loves judgment and who holds hatred for robbery within a burnt offering. And I will turn their work into truth, and I will forge a perpetual covenant with them. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/61.htm">New American Bible</a> For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, an everlasting covenant I will make with them. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/61.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/61.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For I the LORD love justice, and I hate robbery and iniquity; I will direct your work in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with you. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/61.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who love judgment and hate plunder and evil, and I shall give your labor in truth, and I shall establish an eternal covenant with you<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/61.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For I the LORD 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. <a href="/sep/isaiah/61.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labour to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/61-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=13605" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/61.htm">The Year of the LORD's Favor</a> …7Instead 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<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ō·hêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">love</a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: miš·pāṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment. ">justice;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8130.htm" title="8130: śō·nê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To hate. A primitive root; to hate.">I hate</a> <a href="/hebrew/1498.htm" title="1498: ḡā·zêl (N-ms) -- Robbery. From gazal; robbery, or plunder.">robbery</a> <a href="/hebrew/5766.htm" title="5766: bə·‘ō·w·lāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Injustice, unrighteousness. Or lavel; and lavlah; or owlah; or.olah; from aval; evil.">and iniquity;</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: be·’ĕ·meṯ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">in My faithfulness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will give them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6468.htm" title="6468: p̄ə·‘ul·lā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- A work, recompense. Feminine passive participle of pa'al; work.">their recompense</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: ’eḵ·rō·wṯ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">and make</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">an everlasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: ū·ḇə·rîṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">with them.</a> 9Their 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a> 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. <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Jeremiah 9:24</a> 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. <a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Hebrews 1:9</a> You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.” <a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a> Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a> Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Amos 5:15</a> Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.” <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a> “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a> He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? <a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a> To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. <a href="/isaiah/5-16.htm">Isaiah 5:16</a> But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. <a href="/isaiah/30-18.htm">Isaiah 30:18</a> Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him. <a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Isaiah 42:1</a> “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations. <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Isaiah 59:15-17</a> Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. / He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him. / He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. <a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1</a> For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch. <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1</a> Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.I the Lord<a href="/psalms/11-7.htm">Psalm 11:7</a> For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.<a href="/psalms/33-5.htm">Psalm 33:5</a> He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.<a href="/psalms/37-28.htm">Psalm 37:28</a> For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.I hate<a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-13</a> To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats… <a href="/1_samuel/15-21.htm">1 Samuel 15:21-24</a> But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal… <a href="/jeremiah/7-8.htm">Jeremiah 7:8-11</a> Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit… I will direct<a href="/psalms/25-8.htm">Psalm 25:8-12</a> Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way… <a href="/psalms/32-8.htm">Psalm 32:8</a> I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.<a href="/proverbs/3-6.htm">Proverbs 3:6</a> In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.I will make<a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a> And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.<a href="/2_samuel/23-5.htm">2 Samuel 23:5</a> Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-13.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-15.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Faithfully</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-19.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-17.htm">Hating</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-2.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Recompence</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Right</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm">Robbery</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-12.htm">Wage</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-5.htm">Work</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/11-2.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-15.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-16.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Eternal</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-12.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-28.htm">Faithfully</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-28.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">Hate</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">Hating</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Judging</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-1.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Recompence</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Recompense</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Reward</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Robbery</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Wage</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-11.htm">Work</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 61</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">The office of Christ</a> 4. <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">The forwardness</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">And blessing of the faithful</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase emphasizes God's character as just and righteous. Throughout the Bible, justice is a central theme, reflecting God's nature and His expectations for His people. In the context of Isaiah, the Israelites were often reminded of their covenantal obligations to uphold justice and righteousness (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>). The love of justice is also seen in the life and teachings of Jesus, who emphasized justice, mercy, and faithfulness (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a>).I hate robbery and iniquity; God's hatred of robbery and iniquity underscores His intolerance for sin and corruption. Robbery here can be understood as taking what is not rightfully one's own, which was a common issue in ancient Israel, where leaders and the wealthy often exploited the poor (<a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11-12</a>). Iniquity refers to moral wrongdoing or injustice, which God consistently condemns throughout Scripture (<a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">Proverbs 6:16-19</a>).in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense This promise of recompense reflects God's commitment to justice and His faithfulness to His covenant people. Recompense can be understood as both reward and punishment, depending on one's actions. The faithfulness of God is a recurring theme, assuring believers that He will fulfill His promises (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">Deuteronomy 7:9</a>). This also foreshadows the ultimate recompense through Christ, who brings both judgment and salvation (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-10.htm">2 Corinthians 5:10</a>).and make an everlasting covenant with them. The concept of an everlasting covenant points to God's unending commitment to His people. This covenant is often associated with the New Covenant prophesied in <a href="/jeremiah/31-31.htm">Jeremiah 31:31-34</a>, fulfilled in Jesus Christ (<a href="/luke/22-20.htm">Luke 22:20</a>). The everlasting nature of this covenant signifies a relationship that transcends time, offering eternal life and fellowship with God through Christ (<a href="/hebrews/13-20.htm">Hebrews 13:20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is characterized by His love for justice and righteousness. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The primary audience of Isaiah's prophecy, representing God's chosen people who are recipients of His promises and covenants. 3. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet through whom God delivers His message, serving as a mouthpiece for divine revelation. 4. <a href="/topical/e/everlasting_covenant.htm">Everlasting Covenant</a> A divine promise that signifies God's unending commitment to His people, often associated with the Messianic hope. 5. <a href="/topical/j/justice_and_righteousness.htm">Justice and Righteousness</a> Central themes in the prophetic literature, reflecting God's character and His expectations for His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_love_for_justice.htm">God's Love for Justice</a> God’s character is inherently just, and He desires His people to reflect this attribute in their lives. As believers, we are called to pursue justice in our communities and personal interactions. <a href="/topical/h/hatred_of_wrongdoing.htm">Hatred of Wrongdoing</a> The LORD's aversion to robbery and wrongdoing highlights the importance of integrity and honesty. Christians are encouraged to examine their lives for areas where they may be compromising these values. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_and_recompense.htm">Faithfulness and Recompense</a> God’s faithfulness assures us that He will reward righteousness and address injustice. This should inspire confidence and patience as we await His perfect timing. <a href="/topical/t/the_everlasting_covenant.htm">The Everlasting Covenant</a> The promise of an everlasting covenant points to the security and hope found in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Believers are invited to rest in the assurance of this unbreakable promise. <a href="/topical/l/living_out_the_covenant.htm">Living Out the Covenant</a> As recipients of God’s covenant, Christians are called to live in a way that honors this relationship, demonstrating love, justice, and faithfulness in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_61.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 61</a> <a href="/q/how_can_you_selflessly_serve_today.htm">What does the Bible say about justice?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_forgiving_abusers.htm">What does the Bible say about forgiving abusers?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_79_10_align_with_mercy.htm">How do we reconcile the vengeance implied in Psalm 79:10 with the Bible’s overall teaching on mercy and forgiveness? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_98_align_with_injustice.htm">Psalm 98 portrays God as righteous and just, yet countless injustices have occurred throughout history—how does this align with a fair divine judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/61.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) I hate robbery for burnt offering.--The Authorised Version follows the Vulg, and Luther, but the words, commonly applied as condemning the formal sacrifices of the wicked, do not fit in with the context, and it is better to take the rendering of the LXX. and the Targum, I hate robbery with violence, as referring to the spoliation which Israel had suffered at the hands of the Chaldaeans.I will direct their work in truth.--Better--the word for "work" standing, as in <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm" title="You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning.">Leviticus 19:13</a>, <a href="/ezekiel/29-20.htm" title="I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he served against it, because they worked for me, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 29:20</a>, for its reward--I will appoint their recompense in faithfulness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/61.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - For I the Lord love judgment. Either "the Servant" here identifies himself with Jehovah, or he cites a declaration of Jehovah which he has authority to announce. Jehovah will restore the Israelites to their land because he "loves judgment" (equivalent to "justice") and hates injustice. The Babylonian conquest, though a judgment sent by him, is, so far as the Babylonians are concerned, a wrong and a "robbery." I hate robbery for burnt offering; rather, I hate robbery with wickedness (comp. <a href="/job/5-16.htm">Job 5:16</a>; <a href="/psalms/58-3.htm">Psalm 58:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/64-7.htm">Psalm 64:7</a>; 92:16). The transplantation of nations was a gross abuse of the rights of conquest. I will direct their work in truth; rather, I will give them their recompense faithfully. As they have been wronged, they shall be righted; they shall be faithfully and exactly compensated for what they have suffered. Nay, more - over and above this, God will give them the blessing of an "everlasting covenant" (comp. <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/61-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I, אֲנִ֤י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I the LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel love אֹהֵ֣ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f justice; מִשְׁפָּ֔ט (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style I hate שֹׂנֵ֥א (śō·nê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8130.htm">Strong's 8130: </a> To hate robbery גָזֵ֖ל (ḡā·zêl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1498.htm">Strong's 1498: </a> Robbery, plunder and iniquity; בְּעוֹלָ֑ה (bə·‘ō·w·lāh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering in My faithfulness בֶּאֱמֶ֔ת (be·’ĕ·meṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness I will give them וְנָתַתִּ֤י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set their recompense פְעֻלָּתָם֙ (p̄ə·‘ul·lā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6468.htm">Strong's 6468: </a> A work, recompense and make אֶכְר֥וֹת (’eḵ·rō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant an everlasting עוֹלָ֖ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always covenant with them. וּבְרִ֥ית (ū·ḇə·rîṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 61:8 For I Yahweh love justice I hate (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 61:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 61:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/61-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 61:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 61:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>