Isaiah 61 · Verse 8

Isaiah 61:8

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.
Isaiah 61:8, King James Version

Isaiah 61:8 in other translations

BSBFor 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.
WEB“For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
ASVFor 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.
YLTFor 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.
DARBYFor I, Jehovah, love judgment, I hate robbery with wrong; and I will give their recompence in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
BBEFor I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.
WebsterFor 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.

What does Isaiah 61:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. judgment--justice, which requires that I should restore My people, and give them double in compensation for their sufferings. robbery for burnt offering--rather, from a different Hebrew root, the spoil of iniquity [Horsley]. So in Job 5:6. Hating, as I do, the rapine, combined with iniquity, perpetrated on My people by their enemies, I will vindicate Israel. direct ... work in truth--rather, "I will give them the reward of their work" (compare Is 40:10, Margin; Is 49:4, Margin; Is 62:11, Margin) in faithfulness.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 I hate robbery for burnt-offering "Who hate rapine and iniquity" - The Syriac, and Chaldee prefix the conjunction ו vau, instead of the preposition ב beth, to עולה olah, which they render iniquity or oppression; and so the Septuagint, αδικιας. The difference lies in the punctuation; בעולה beolah, in a burnt-offering בעולה beavelah, in iniquity. The letters are the same in both words. Five of De Rossi's MSS. confirm this reading.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 61:4-9

Promises are here made to the Jews returned out of captivity, which extend to all those who, through grace, are delivered out of spiritual thraldom. An unholy soul is like a city that is broken down, and has no walls, like a house in ruins; but by the power of Christ's gospel and grace, it is fitted to be a habitation of God, through the Spirit. When, by the grace of God, we attain to holy indifference as to the…

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Isaiah 61:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֲנִ֤י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֹהֵ֣ב'o.Hev[am] lovingH157
מִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatjusticeH4941
שֹׂנֵ֥אso.Ne'[I am] hatingH8130
גָזֵ֖לga.ZelrobberyH1498
בְּעוֹלָ֑הbe.'o.Lahwith injusticeH5766
וְנָתַתִּ֤יve.na.ta.Tiand I will giveH5414
פְעֻלָּתָם֙fe.'u.la.Tamrecompense theirH6468
בֶּאֱמֶ֔תbe.'e.Metin faithfulnessH571
וּבְרִ֥יתu.ve.Ritand a covenant ofH1285
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769
אֶכְר֥וֹת'ekh.RotI will makeH3772
לָהֶֽם\׃la.Hemto them

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Cross references for Isaiah 61:8

  • Psalms 11:7

    For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

  • Jeremiah 9:24

    But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

  • Zechariah 8:16-17

    These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 32:40

    And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

  • Genesis 17:7

    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.

  • Isaiah 55:3

    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.

  • Psalms 37:28

    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.

  • Psalms 25:8-12

    Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. …

  • Proverbs 8:20

    I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

  • Psalms 99:4

    The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  • Psalms 45:7

    Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  • 1 Samuel 15:21-24

    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. And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I the Lord.
Ps 11:7; 33:5; 37:28; 45:7; 99:4; Jer 9:24; Zec 8:16,17
I hate.
1:11-13; 1Sa 15:21-24; Jer 7:8-11; Am 5:21-24; Mt 23:14
I will direct.
Ps 25:8-12; 32:8; Pr 3:6; 8:20; 2Th 3:5
I will make.
55:3; Ge 17:7; 2Sa 23:5; Ps 50:5; Jer 32:40; Heb 13:20,21

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Context

  • Isaiah 61:7

    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.

  • Isaiah 61:8

    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.

  • Isaiah 61:9

    And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

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Isaiah 61:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque yo Jehová soy amador del derecho, aborrecedor del latrocinio para holocausto; por tanto afirmaré en verdad su obra, y haré con ellos pacto perpetuo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car moi, l’ Éternel, j’aime le juste jugement, je hais la rapine d’iniquité; et je leur donnerai leur récompense avec vérité, et je ferai avec eux une alliance éternelle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn ich, Jehova, liebe das Recht, ich hasse den frevelhaften Raub; und ich werde ihnen ihre Belohnung getreulich geben und einen ewigen Bund mit ihnen schließen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia ego Dominus diligens judicium, et odio habens rapinam in holocausto; et dabo opus eorum in veritate, et fœdus perpetuum feriam eis.