Holy Scripture

Isaiah 61:7

A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 6, 7.) But you will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God. It will be said to you: You will devour the strength of the nations, and in their glory you will boast. Instead of your shame, you will have a double portion, and instead of disgrace, they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they wil…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

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7Thus shall they inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head.

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In context

5And strangers shall come and feed thy flocks, and aliens shall be thy plowmen and vinedressers.

6But ye shall be called priests of the Lord, the ministers of God: ye shall eat the strength of nations, and shall be admired because of their wealth.

— Isaiah 61:7 —

8For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: everyone that sees them shall take notice of them, that they are a seed blessed of God;

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