Isaiah 61:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 61:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Isaiah 40...
Isaiah 61:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For your shame [ye shall have] (m) double; and [for] confusion (n) they shall rejoice in (o) their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the (p) double: everlasting joy shall be to them...
Isaiah 61:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The prophet now addresses the people directly. Men of other nations shall serve as labourers at their bidding and call them Yahweh's priests, or Servants of our God, recognising Yahweh as such. As a...
Isaiah 61:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shame... double. Note the Alternation: double . "double [honour]". Not as in Isaiah 40:2 . See note there. confusion . reproach, or disgrace. everlasting joy. See note on Isaiah 44:7 .
Isaiah 61:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Instead of your shame. He confirms the former statement, in which he said that believers who, clothed with sackcloth and covered with ashes, mourned, shall be sprinkled with the oil of gl...
Isaiah 61:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. For your sha...
Isaiah 61:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For your shame, &c.— Instead of your shame, ye shall receive a double inheritance; and of your ignominy, ye shall rejoice in their portion: for in their land a double share shall ye inherit; a...
Isaiah 61:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. For your...
Isaiah 61:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The speaker is the prophet, either in his own person, or in that of the Servant of Jehovah. The mission here spoken of is identical with the mission of the Servant as already indicated; e.g. to...
Isaiah 61:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For your shame ye shall have double... — i.e., double compensation for the suffering of years (comp. Zechariah 9:12 ), the general idea passing in the next clause into a double inheritance of te...
Isaiah 61:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Acceptable Year of the Lord” Isaiah 61:1-11 Messiah's mission , Isaiah 61:1-3 . At Nazareth our Lord applied these words to Himself. Let us care for the outcasts as He did; but to do so...
Isaiah 61:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing from the description of material prosperity, the prophecy describes the inner secret, namely, spiritual realization. This description opens with a new declaration of the Servant of the Lord....
Isaiah 61:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

As the Lord Jesus was so well known to his people, by the tenderness of his Person and Character; so his Church had her features from her connection with her Lord, by which she was to be known also.
Isaiah 61:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 hav...
Isaiah 61:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. F...
Isaiah 61:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But ye shall be named the Priests , &c. The whole body of you shall now be as near to God as the priests were formerly, and shall be a royal priesthood, 1 Peter 2:9 . This is most certainly tru...
Isaiah 61:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Office of the Messiah; The Prosperity of the Church. B. C. 706. 4 And they shall b...
Isaiah 61:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For your shame ye shall have double: See Poole on " Isaiah 40:2 " . Supply honour . Though you have been little accounted of among your enemies, yet now you shall be greatly in their esteem, Mala...
Isaiah 61:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Adds His Words to Those of the Anointed One ( Isaiah 61:5-7 a). It is not always clear in this chapter who is speaking. In Isaiah 61:1-3 and probably 4 it is the Anointed One. In Isaiah...
Isaiah 61:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:1-2 . The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to t...
Isaiah 61:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:1 . The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. Here the Redeemer appears clothed with humanity, and invested with all the high offices of our redemption. Jehovah gave not the Spirit by measu...
Isaiah 61:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me The Speaker; probably the Servant of Jonah Who is the speaker here? The Targum prefaces the passage with the words, “The prophet says,” and, except a few,...
Isaiah 61:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION VIII .— SOLILOQUY OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , WHO PROMISES GLORY AND PROSPERITY TO JERUSALEM ( Isaiah 61:1-23 ; Isaiah 62:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 61...
Isaiah 61:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Year of Jubilee. The chapter opens with a powerful description of the office of the Servant of Jehovah, of the Messiah Himself.
Isaiah 61:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Kings 2:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; Deuteronomy 21:17 ; Isaiah 35:10 ; Isaiah 40:2 ; Isaiah 51:11 ; Isaiah 60:19 ; Isaiah 60:20 ; Job 42:10 ; Matthew 25:46 ; Psalms...
Isaiah 61:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Double — Honour. Portion — Of honour, that God will give them.

Isaiah 61:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 61:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 61:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 61:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 61:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 61:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 61:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 61:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 61:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 61:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 61:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 61:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes