Isaiah 61:7
in Isaiah 61Instead 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.
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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.
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 61
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Vers. 6, 7.) But you will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God. It will be said to you: You will devour the strength of the nations, and in their glory you will boast. Instead of your shame, you will have a double portion, and instead of disgrace, they will rejoice in their inheritance; 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 wrongdoing. LXX: But you will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God.
This site's exposition
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion
“Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion” answers the humiliation with double honor. Isaiah 40:2 said Jerusalem had received double, and here the double is blessing. Clarke reads it as the double portion of a firstborn, and the verse ends on permanence: “everlasting joy will be theirs”.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
About this twin glory it is written, "they will possess double in their own land." This is written concerning the souls of the saints, for single white cloaks are given to them, and it is said that they might have rest a short time until the number of their colleagues and brothers is filled up. So they take now single cloaks, but they will have double cloaks on the day of judgment; for the first is in the way of souls only, but later they will rejoice in the glory of souls and bodies together.
1082. And he assigns the reason for the perfection: for your double confusion, as if to say: you had confusion from lack of spiritual and temporal things; they shall praise, that is, your neighbors, seeing, their part, the recompense of double goods, made to them …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Much more do all those rejoice whom Christ has brought into the glorious liberty of God's children, especially when the privileges of their adoption shall be completed in the resurrection of the body.
For your shame you shall have double,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For your shame - That is, instead of the reproach and humiliation which you have been called to experience. You shall have double - A double inheritance or reward (see the notes at Isa 40:2). And for confusion - The word ‘confusion’ here means the same as a blush of shame, and refers to the scenes of humiliation and sorrow which the nation had passed through on account of its sins. They shall rejoice - There is here a change from the second to the third person - a change which is not unfrequent in Isaiah.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
For your shame “Instead of your shame” - The translation of this verse, which is very confused, and probably corrupted in the Hebrew, is taken from the Syriac Version; except that the latter has not expressed the word משנה mishneh, double, in the first place. Five MSS. add the conjunction ו vau to שמחת simchath. The Syriac reads תרנו taronnu, and תירשו tirashu, in the second person, “ye shall rejoice, ye shall inherit. “And for להם lahem, to them, two MSS., (one of them ancient), three of De Rossi’s, and the Syriac, read לכם lachem, to you, in the second person likewise. The Version of the Septuagint is imperfect in this place; the first half of the verse is entirely omitted in all the printed copies. It is supplied by MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2 in the following manner: - Αντι της αισχυνης ὑμων της διπλης, Και αντι της εντροπης αγαλλιασεται ἡ μερις αυτων· Δια τουτο την γην αυτων εκ δευτερου- “Instead of your shame ye shall have double, And instead of your confusion their portion shall rejoice; Therefore, they shall possess their land a second time.” In which the two MSS. agree, except that 1. D. 2 has by mistake ἡμερας, day, for ἡ μερις, the part. And Cod. Marchal., in the margin, has pretty nearly the same supplement as from Theodotion. - L.
Modern Voices1 voice
What a magnificent promise from our loving Heavenly Father! Notice what the Lord does not say. He does not simply promise to give back what was lost.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תַּ֤חַת | tachat | in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ | bashetekhem | shame your | H1322 → | 30 times |
| מִשְׁנֶ֔ה | mishneh | double | H4932 → | |
| וּכְלִמָּ֖ה | ukhelimah | and ignominy | H3639 → | 30 times |
| יָרֹ֣נּוּ | yaronu | they will shout for joy | H7442 → | 54 times |
| חֶלְקָ֑ם | chelkam | portion their | H2506 → | 67 times |
| לָכֵ֤ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| בְּאַרְצָם֙ | beartzam | in land their | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִשְׁנֶ֣ה | mishneh | double | H4932 → | |
| יִירָ֔שׁוּ | yirashu | they will possess | H3423 → | 231 times |
| שִׂמְחַ֥ת | simchat | joy of | H8057 → | 94 times |
| עוֹלָ֖ם | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה | tihyeh | it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶֽם׃ | lahem | to them |
תַּ֤חַתin place of
tachatH8478 →505 times
בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙shame your
bashetekhemH1322 →30 times
מִשְׁנֶ֔הdouble
mishnehH4932 →
וּכְלִמָּ֖הand ignominy
ukhelimahH3639 →30 times
יָרֹ֣נּוּthey will shout for joy
yaronuH7442 →54 times
חֶלְקָ֑םportion their
chelkamH2506 →67 times
לָכֵ֤ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
בְּאַרְצָם֙in land their
beartzamH776 →2504 times
מִשְׁנֶ֣הdouble
mishnehH4932 →
יִירָ֔שׁוּthey will possess
yirashuH3423 →231 times
שִׂמְחַ֥תjoy of
simchatH8057 →94 times
עוֹלָ֖םperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
תִּֽהְיֶ֥הit will belong
tihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶֽם׃to them
lahem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 16:11You 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.
it leads to
- Acts 2:28
You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- Jude 1:24
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- Psalms 36:7–8
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- Revelation 7:15–17
For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
- Ephesians 3:19
of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
- Acts 2:28
Through
Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Job 42:10
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
- Isaiah 40:2
Through
Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:3
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
- Deuteronomy 30:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Benny Hinn, God Is the God of Restoration (bennyhinn.org devotional); Gregory the Dialogist, Dialogues, Book 4, Chapter 25; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.