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ForכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהloveאֹהֵבjustice;מִשְׁפָּטI hateשֹׂנֵאrobberyגָזֵלwith burnt offering;בְּעוֹלָהand I will giveוְנָתַתִּיtheir wagesפְעֻלָּתָםin truth,בֶּאֱמֶתand an eternalעוֹלָםcovenantוּבְרִיתI will makeאֶכְרוֹתwith them.לָהֶם
Isaiah 61:8
Study it in the app“For I, YHWH, love justice; I hate robbery with burnt offering; and I will give their wages in truth, and an eternal covenant I will make with them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 61:8, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- loveאֹהֵבohev
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohev” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- I hateשֹׂנֵאsone
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appears- robberyגָזֵלgazel
robbery
Robbery, what is taken by force.
Where else “gazel” appears- with burnt offeringעוֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears- and I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- their wagesפְעֻלָּתָfeulata
wages
What one receives for working.
Where else “feulata” appears- in truthאֱמֶתemet
faithfulness
That one can rely on him because he keeps his word.
Where else “emet” appears- and an eternalעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- covenantבְרִיתverit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appears- I will makeאֶכְרוֹתechrot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “echrot” appears
Translation note
With other vowels, “with burnt offering” reads “with injustice.”
The context
7Instead of your shame, a double portion; and instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion; therefore in their land they will possess a double portion; eternal joy will be theirs.
8 · This verse (above)
9And their offspring will be known among the nations, and their offshoots in the midst of the peoples; all who see them will recognize them, that they are the offspring that YHWH has blessed.