61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice
and hate robbery and sin.
I will repay them because of my faithfulness; 3
I will make a permanent covenant with them.
1 tn Here the Hebrew term זוֹנָה (zonah) refers to a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) female prostitute; see note on the phrase “sacred prostitute” in v. 17.
2 tn Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase “sacred male prostitute” in v. 17.
3 tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”