Isaiah 61:7

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5 ^aStrangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6 ^aBut you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
^bYou shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.

7 ^aInstead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

8 “For ^aI, the Lord, love justice;
^bI hate robbery¹ for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
^cAnd will make with them an everlasting covenant.

9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
^aThat they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

10 ^aI will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For ^bHe has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
^cAs a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause ^arighteousness and ^bpraise to spring forth before all the nations.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 61:7

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 mishneh , double, in the first place. Five MSS. add the conjunction vau to simchath . The Syriac reads taronnu , and tirashu , in the second person, "ye shall rejoice, ye shall inherit. "And for lahem , to them, two MSS., (one of them ancient), three of De Rossi' s, and the Syriac, read 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: -

̔ ,

̔ ·

"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 ̔ , day, for ̔ , the part. And Cod. Marchal., in the margin, has pretty nearly the same supplement as from Theodotion. - L.

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