Isaiah 56
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Isaiah 56:3-12

3Let not the 1foreignerH1121H5236 who has joinedH3867 himself to the LordH3068 sayH559, “The LordH3068 will certainlyH914 separateH914 me from His peopleH5971.” NorH408 let the 2eunuchH5631 sayH559, “BeholdH2005, I am a dryH3002 treeH6086.”4For thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “To the eunuchsH5631 whoH834 3keepH8104 My SabbathsH7676, And chooseH977 whatH834 pleasesH2654 Me, And 4holdH2388 firmlyH2388 to My covenantH1285,5To them I will giveH5414 in My 5houseH1004 and within My 6wallsH2346 a memorialH3027, And a nameH8034 betterH2896 thanH4480 that of sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323; I will giveH5414 7them an everlastingH5769 8nameH8034 whichH834 9will not be eliminatedH3772.

6“Also the 10foreignersH1121H5236 who joinH3867 themselves to the LordH3068, To attendH8334 to His serviceH8334 and to loveH157 the nameH8034 of the LordH3068, To be His servantsH5650, everyH3605 oneH3605 who 11keepsH8104 the SabbathH7676 so as not to profaneH2490 it, And holdsH2388 firmlyH2388 to My covenantH1285;7Even 12those I will bringH935 to My 13holyH6944 mountainH2022, And 14makeH8055 them joyfulH8055 in My houseH1004 of prayerH8605. Their burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and their sacrificesH2077 will be acceptableH7522 on 15My altarH4196; For 16My houseH1004 will be calledH7121 a houseH1004 of prayerH8605 for allH3605 the peoplesH5971.”8The LordH136 17GodH3068, who 18gathersH6908 the dispersedH5080 of IsraelH3478, declaresH5002, “I will yetH5750 gatherH6908 19others to 20them, to those already gatheredH6908.”

9AllH3605 you 2122wildH7706 animalsH2421, AllH3605 you animalsH2421 in the forestH3293, ComeH857 to eatH398.10His 23watchmenH6822 are 24blindH5787, AllH3605 of them knowH3045 nothingH3808. AllH3605 of them are muteH483 dogsH3611 unableH3808H3201 to barkH5024, DreamersH1957 lyingH7901 downH7901, who loveH157 to slumberH5123;11And the dogsH3611 are 2526greedyH5315H5794, they 27are neverH3808 satisfiedH3045H7654. And they are shepherdsH7462 who haveH3045 28noH3808 understandingH995; They have allH3605 29turnedH6437 to their own wayH1870, EachH376 oneH376 to his unjustH1215 gainH1215, 30withoutH4480 exceptionH7097.12“ComeH857,” they say, “31let’s getH3947 32wineH3196, and let’s drinkH5433 heavilyH5433 of intoxicatingH7941 drinkH7941; And 33tomorrowH4279 will be like todayH2088H3117, only moreH1419H3499H3966 so.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 56:3 Is 14:1; 56:6 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 56:3 Deut 23:1; Jer 38:7; Acts 8:27 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 56:4 Is 56:2, 6 ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 56:4 Is 56:6 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 56:5 Is 2:2, 3; 56:7; 66:20 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 56:5 Is 26:1; 60:18 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 56:5 As in DSS; MT him ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 56:5 Is 62:2 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 56:5 Is 48:19; 55:13 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 56:6 Is 56:3; 60:10; 61:5 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 56:6 Is 56:2, 4 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 56:7 Is 2:2, 3; 60:11; Mic 4:1, 2 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 56:7 Is 11:9; 65:25 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 56:7 Is 61:10 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 56:7 Is 60:7 ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 56:7 Matt 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46 ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 56:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 56:8 Is 11:12 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 56:8 Is 60:3-11; 66:18-21; John 10:16 ↩
  20. 20. Isaiah 56:8 Lit him ↩
  21. 21. Isaiah 56:9 Lit animals of the field ↩
  22. 22. Isaiah 56:9 Is 18:6; 46:11 ↩
  23. 23. Isaiah 56:10 Ezek 3:17 ↩
  24. 24. Isaiah 56:10 Is 29:9-14; Jer 14:13, 14 ↩
  25. 25. Isaiah 56:11 Lit strong of soul/appetite ↩
  26. 26. Isaiah 56:11 Is 28:7; Ezek 13:19; Mic 3:5, 11 ↩
  27. 27. Isaiah 56:11 Lit do not know satisfaction ↩
  28. 28. Isaiah 56:11 Is 1:3 ↩
  29. 29. Isaiah 56:11 Is 57:17; Jer 22:17 ↩
  30. 30. Isaiah 56:11 Lit from his end ↩
  31. 31. Isaiah 56:12 As in DSS and some ancient versions; MT I will ↩
  32. 32. Isaiah 56:12 Is 5:11, 12, 22 ↩
  33. 33. Isaiah 56:12 Ps 10:6; Luke 12:19, 20 ↩

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