Isaiah 61:7 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 61:7

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.

BSB

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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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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Dialogues, Book 4, Chapter 25 (604)

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.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(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.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תַּ֤חַת	Ta.chat	in place of	H8478 →
בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙	ba.she.te.Khem	shame your	H1322 →
מִשְׁנֶ֔ה	mish.Neh	double	H4932 →
וּכְלִמָּ֖ה	u.khe.li.Mah	and ignominy	H3639 →
יָרֹ֣נּוּ	ya.Ro.nu	they will shout for joy	H7442 →
חֶלְקָ֑ם	chel.Kam	portion their	H2506 →
לָכֵ֤ן	la.Khen	<to> therefore	H3651 →
בְּאַרְצָם֙	be.'ar.Tzam	in land their	H776 →
מִשְׁנֶ֣ה	mish.Neh	double	H4932 →
יִירָ֔שׁוּ	yi.Ra.shu	they will possess	H3423 →
שִׂמְחַ֥ת	sim.Chat	joy of	H8057 →
עוֹלָ֖ם	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה	tih.Yeh	it will belong	H1961 →
לָהֶֽם׃	la.Hem	to them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
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.
Through
Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
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 independent paths from here.
- Job 42:10
  After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
Through
Job 42:10
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
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.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah