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Isaiah 61:6 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 61 · verse 6 · King James Version
But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.Isaiah 61:6 · King James Version
Isaiah 61:6 in context
4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7For 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.
8For 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Ministersshârathto attend as a menial or worshipperH8334 →
- Gentilesgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- Priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- richeschayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- namedqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- glorykâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
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