Isaiah 61:7

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses His exiled people, placing this promise between their new identity as "priests of the LORD" (v. 6) and His declaration of an everlasting covenant grounded in justice (v. 8).

The words — מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, "double") appears twice, governing both the portion and the inheritance, making the measure of restoration explicit rather than vague.

The thread — The "double" motif recurs in restoration contexts: Job 42:10 (the LORD doubles Job's possessions) and Zechariah 9:12 ("I will restore to you double"), both pairing reversal with a specific prior loss.

Why it lands — The verse names the reader's present condition—shame, humiliation—before promising reversal, refusing to let the promise float free of the pain it answers.

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The Hebrew words

תַּ֤חַתTa.chatin place of בָּשְׁתְּכֶם֙ba.she.te./Khemshame/ your מִשְׁנֶ֔הmish.Nehdouble וּכְלִמָּ֖הu./khe.li.Mahand/ ignominy יָרֹ֣נּוּya.Ro.nuthey will shout for joy חֶלְקָ֑םchel.Ka/mportion/ their לָכֵ֤ןla./Khen<to>/ therefore בְּאַרְצָם֙be./'ar.Tza/min/ land/ their מִשְׁנֶ֣הmish.Nehdouble יִירָ֔שׁוּyi.Ra.shuthey will possess שִׂמְחַ֥תsim.Chatjoy of עוֹלָ֖םo.Lamperpetuity תִּֽהְיֶ֥הtih.Yehit will belongלָהֶֽם׃la./Hemto/ them

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Job 42:10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
Zechariah 9:12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
Isaiah 40:2 “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
Isaiah 60:19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
Psalms 16:11 You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
2 Kings 2:9 After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
Isaiah 35:10 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”