For I the Lord love judgment, and hate [a]robbery for burnt offering, and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

And [b]their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their buds among the people. All that see them, shall know them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

10 [c]I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, and covered me with the robe of righteousness: he hath decked me like a bridegroom, and as a bride attireth herself with her jewels.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:8 I will not receive their offerings which are extortioners, deceivers, hypocrites, or that deprive me of my glory.
  2. Isaiah 61:9 That is, of the Church.
  3. Isaiah 61:10 He showeth what shall be the affection, when they feel this their deliverance.

“For I, the Lord, love justice;(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant(B) with them.
Their descendants(C) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”(D)

10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices(E) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(F)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(G) like a priest,
    and as a bride(H) adorns herself with her jewels.

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