Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.
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Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.
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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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For your shame which was double, and for that they rejoiced: 'Confusion is their portion'; therefore in their land they shall possess double, everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Isaiah 61:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 42:10 Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.
- Zechariah 9:12 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
- Isaiah 40:2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
- Isaiah 60:19-20 The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end.
- Psalms 16:11 You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.
- 2 Kings 2:9 When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”
- Isaiah 51:11 Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion. Everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
- Isaiah 35:10 Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
- Matthew 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
- Deuteronomy 21:17 but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Abundant recompense, as this word is used, Isa. 40:2.
Abundant recompense, as this word is used, Isa. 40:2.
That is, the Jews.
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To wit, of the Gentiles.
Whereas the Gentiles had dominion over the Jews in times past, now they shall have double authority over them and possess twice so much.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 61:7 For your shame [ye shall have] double;…
Isa 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.
Ver. 7. For your shame ye shall have double,] i.e., Plentiful reparation, double damages, as Job had. {Isa 42:10; Isa 42:12}
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And for confusion they shall rejoice.] Your grief shall be turned into joy, as our Saviour somewhere saith. See Mat 5:12.
Everlasting joy shall be unto them.] They shall be everlastingly merry; not so much for the double honour done to themselves, as for the enlargement of God’s kingdom, and the increase of his people, with whom they shall spiritually rejoice and reign for ever.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For your shame ye shall have double: See Poole…
For your shame ye shall have double: See Poole "Isa 40:2". Supply honour. Though you have been little accounted of among your enemies, yet now you shall be greatly in their esteem, Zec 9:12; you shall have double damages.
In their portion, viz. of honour that God will give them; the same thing with the former: or, in their inheritance which God shall restore to them; and that either,
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1. For worth and value through God’s blessing upon it. Or,
2. For room and space, and that possibly by reason of the few that will return to inhabit there, viz. only a tenth part, Isa 6:13; or that which he shall give them out of their enemy’s land.
Therefore; or rather, because; being rendered as a reason of their rejoicing, because of the doubling of their portion, in which sense it is taken Isa 16:14.
Everlasting joy; of long continuance here, and everlasting hereafter; or to be perpetually remembered on their anniversary festivals: though this had its accomplishment in their return from Babylon, yet was it most signally made good in that great change for the better which they should find in the gospel state, in the enlargement of Christ’s kingdom and increase of his people, with whom they should ever rejoice together.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For your shame you shall have double,.... Or, "for…
For your shame you shall have double,.... Or, "for your double shame" (b); instead of being a reproach, a proverb, a taunt, and a curse, as the Jews now are everywhere; being converted, they will have double honour, both in things civil and religious, be in great esteem with Christ, and all his people:
and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion; instead of the confusion and reproach they have long lain under; or of that they shall be thrown into, when first awakened and convinced of their sin, of unbelief and rejection of the Messiah; they shall rejoice in Christ their portion, and in all those spiritual blessings they will see themselves blessed with in him; they will now have the double portion of the firstborn, they once were, and to which there may be an allusion, as some think; or, as others, to the double portion of the spirit of Elijah on Elisha; they shall now have the spirit of grace and supplication poured upon them, and all the gifts and graces of the Spirit bestowed on them, all which will be cause of joy and rejoicing to them:
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therefore in their land they shall possess the double; not only in the land of the Gentiles, where they have suffered reproach, shall they have double honour; but in their own land, the land of Israel, to which they shall be restored; they shall enjoy great plenty of all kind of blessings, temporal and spiritual:
everlasting joy shall be unto them; for after this they shall no more be carried captive, or be dispossessed either of their civil or religious privileges; see Isa 35:10.
(b) "pro pudore vestro duplici", Gataker, Vitringa; "loco pudoris vestri duplicis", Piscator.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Double - honour. Portion - Of honour, that God…
Double - honour. Portion - Of honour, that God will give them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. For your shame - "Instead of your…
Verse 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 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 I. D. II. in the following manner: -
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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 I. D. II. 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.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For your shame - That is, instead of the…
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).
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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. The same persons, however, are intended.
In their portion - That is, you shall be permitted to rejoice in the augmented privileges which you shall enjoy. They will be more than a compensation for all the calamities which you have been called to endure.
Therefore in their land - This is to be regarded as addressed to the exiles in Babylon, and the promise is, that the people of God would be restored again to their own land, and to more than their former privileges and blessings there.
The double - Double of what they formerly possessed; that is, their blessings would be greatly increased and multiplied. Applied to the times of the Messiah, to which the prophet undoubtedly refers, it means that the privileges of the friends of God would be far greater than had been enjoyed even in the most favored times under the former dispensation.
Everlasting joy - (See the notes at Isa 35:10).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Part: God, or the land. Converts shall bless God…
Part: God, or the land. Converts shall bless God for having withdrawn them from the crowd of infidels, and they will rejoice in suffering for his sake, (Calmet) preferring their lot before that of unbelievers. Before this change the apostles grieved. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain double--Instead of your past share, ye shall have not…
double--Instead of your past share, ye shall have not merely as much, but "double" as much reward (Isa 40:2; Zac 9:12; compare the third clause in this verse).
confusion--rather, "humiliation," or "contumely."
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rejoice--They shall celebrate with jubilation their portion [MAURER]. Transition from the second to the third person.
in their land--marking the reference to literal Israel, not to the Church at large.
everlasting joy-- (Isa 35:10).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. For your shame… double — The Hebrew is…
7. For your shame… double — The Hebrew is perplexing. Clearly another promise is here given, possibly pursuant to Isa_40:2. Instead of shame for past sin and punishment, ye shall have abundant recompense. The promise in its largeness of meaning is: Instead of the former meagerness of the dispensation out of which you have emerged, you shall have the ever-expanding glory of Messiah’s new and final order of things in this world.
Their portion… they shall possess — An enallage common to Isaiah, or a change from “your” to “their” occurs here. The same persons are intended. “Their portion” is the same as your “portion;” “they shall possess,” the same as you shall possess. The “double” means the far larger measure.
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Confusion — This refers to the disorders in general of the old state — all the judgments of God on Israel’s sin.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. The first half of the verse is harsh…
7. The first half of the verse is harsh in construction; and the text as it stands is corrupt. The general sense, however, is sufficiently established by the second half: the prosperity of the future shall be a twofold recompense for the miseries of the past and the present.
the double] in the same sense (mutatis mutandis) as ch. Isa_40:2.
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everlasting joy] ch. Isa_35:10 (= Isa_51:11).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) For your shame ye shall have double .…
(7) For your shame ye shall have double . . .—i.e., double compensation for the suffering of years (comp. Zec_9:12), the general idea passing in the next clause into a double inheritance of territory. See Note on Isa_40:2.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For your shame ye shall have double. Instead of…
For your shame ye shall have double. Instead of the shame and confusion of face which were the portion of Israel during the Captivity, (Isa_51:7, 23 54:4 Dan_9:7, Dan_9:8, etc.) they should after their restoration to Palestine "have double" their former glory and double their former territory. An increase of territory had been already prophesied (Isa_49:18-21) an increase which, however, was not so much an extension of the bounds of Palestine as a spread of the Church over the whole earth. (comp. Zec_9:12) For confusion; rather, as for disgrace. So far from feeling disgraced, they will rejoice, or exult, in their portion; i.e. in the territory assigned them. It will be ample; and their life in it will be one of everlasting joy. The speaker passes on in his thought to the time of the "new heavens and the new earth," which he regards as continuous with that of Israel"s return.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Everlasting joy shall be unto them
Isa_61:7
Everlasting joy shall be unto them
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The everlasting joy
We pore with intense earnestness over the words which picture the joys of the future.
Everlasting joy. What are its springs?
I. THE INWARD HARMONY, THE PERFECT ORDER OF THE BEING, THE CONCERT OF EVERY FACULTY AND FORCE IN THE FULFILMENT OF THE WILL OF GOD. That is the peace of God--the perfect peace. The redeemed man is the governed man; the man who has re-found the King who can evoke his loyal passions, and control and direct his manifold powers. This rule, the rule of his true King, has been lost to him through sin. This supreme, complete control of his being heaven will restore. An unsphered planet could be won back to the harmony of its sister planets only by the attraction of their common sun. The King has appeared and claimed His own. We know little of heavens occupations, the aspect of its homes, the modes of its speech, the forms of its life. We know only that the God-man is there, and reigns. He whom we can love with intensest passion, and serve with exulting joy, will meet us on its threshold, will sweep the flood of His attractions round every limb and organ of our being, and thrill us in one intense moment with the sense that we are one, that we are blessed.
II. THE FULL VISION OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE CREATION, the beholding of all that God has meant, and sin has marred, in the constitution of the worlds.
III. THE COMMUNION OF THE BLESSED--the joy of fellowship when the struggle and toil are ended for ever--the companionship of the elect and beloved--intercourse with the elder spirits who are before the throne. (J. R. Brown, B. A.)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 61:7 The people had suffered God’s wrath for their…
61:7 The people had suffered God’s wrath for their sins (40:2); now they would receive a double share of God’s blessing.
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