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Dec 24, 2025 3:11 PM

  Isaiah 61:7 In-Context

  5 Strangers will shepherd your flocks foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

  6 And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.

  7 Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

  8 For I, the Lord, love justice I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.

  9 Their descendants 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.

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