Isaiah 61:8

Jehovah's righteousness demands this reversal of the present relations of Israel and the heathen.

I hate robbery &c. Render with R.V. I hate robbery with iniquity, and I will give them their recompense in truth (i.e. faithfully). Instead of שׂלָה (burnt-offering) we must point עו̇לָה (iniquity). The translation of the A.V. would shut us up to a wrong interpretation of the prophet's thought. The robbery to which he refers is not that practised by Israelites on God (Malachi 3:8-9), but the iniquitous treatment of Israel by its foes.

an everlasting covenant Cf. ch. Isaiah 55:3.