Isaiah 61:7

New English Translation

Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy.

Cross References

2 Kings 2:9

When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “What can I do for you, before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.”

Job 42:10

So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.

Psalm 126:5

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

Psalm 16:11

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

Isaiah 35:10

those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the Lord has made her pay double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 51:11

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Isaiah 54:4

Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.

Isaiah 60:15

You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.

Isaiah 60:21

All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.

Isaiah 65:13

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

Zephaniah 3:19

Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them.

Zechariah 8:12

‘for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.

Zechariah 9:12

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

Matthew 25:46

And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Deuteronomy 21:17

Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power – to him should go the right of the firstborn.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,