Isaiah 56
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 56:2-6

2How 1blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who 2takes hold of it; Who 3keeps from profaning the sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”3Let not the 4foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from His people.” Nor let the 5eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”4For thus says the Lord, “To the eunuchs who 6keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And 7hold fast My covenant,5To them I will give in My 8house and within My 9walls a memorial, And a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give 10them an everlasting 11name which 12will not be cut off.

6“Also the 13foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who 14keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant;

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 56:2 Ps 112:1; 119:1, 2 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 56:2 Is 56:4, 6 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 56:2 Ex 20:8-11; 31:13-17; Is 56:6; 58:13; Jer 17:21, 22; Ezek 20:12, 20 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 56:3 Is 14:1; 56:6 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 56:3 Deut 23:1; Jer 38:7; Acts 8:27 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 56:4 Is 56:2, 6 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 56:4 Is 56:6 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 56:5 Is 2:2, 3; 56:7; 66:20 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 56:5 Is 26:1; 60:18 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 56:5 So DSS; M.T. reads him ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 56:5 Is 62:2 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 56:5 Is 48:19; 55:13 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 56:6 Is 56:3; 60:10; 61:5 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 56:6 Is 56:2, 4 ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 56

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