Isaiah 61:8

61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice

and hate robbery and sin.

I will repay them because of my faithfulness; ¹ 

I will make a permanent covenant with them.

Isaiah 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ²  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ³  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ⁴ 

[61:8]  ¹ tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”

[65:7]  ² tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.