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.
61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the Lord has blessed them.” 2
1 tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”
2 tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”