Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 56

1Thusכֹּ֚הkohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Keepשִׁמְר֥וּshim.RuH8104yejudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941, anddoוַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.SuH6213righteousnessצְדָקָ֑הtze.da.KahH6666: for mysalvationיְשֽׁוּעָתִי֙ye.shu.'a.TiH3444isnearקְרוֹבָ֤הke.ro.VahH7138tocomeלָב֔וֹאla.Vo'H935, and myrighteousnessוְצִדְקָתִ֖יve.tzid.ka.TiH6666to berevealedלְהִגָּלֽוֹת׃le.hi.ga.LotH1540.

2Blessedאַשְׁרֵ֤י'ash.ReiH835is themanH120that doeth this, and thesonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121ofmanH120that holdethfastיַחֲזִ֣יקya.cha.ZikH2388by it; that keepeth thesabbathשַׁבָּת֙sha.BatH7676fromprofaningמֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹme.cha.le.LoH2490it, and keepeth hishandיָד֖וֹya.DoH3027fromdoingH6213anyכָּל־kol-H3605evilרָֽע׃ סRa'H7451.

3NeitherH408letH408the stranger, that hathjoinedH914himselfH413to theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,speakיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068willsurelyH914separateH914meH413from hispeopleעַמּ֑וֹa.MoH5971:neitherH408letH408theeunuchהַסָּרִ֔יסha.sa.RisH5631sayיֹאמַר֙yo.MarH559,Beholdהֵ֥ןhenH2005, I am adryיָבֵֽשׁ׃ סya.VeshH3002treeעֵ֥ץ'etzH6086.

4Forthusכֹ֣ה׀khohH3541saith theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068of theeunuchsלַסָּֽרִיסִים֙la.sa.ri.SimH5631thatkeepיִשְׁמְרוּ֙yish.me.RuH8104mysabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔יsha.be.to.TaiH7676, andchooseוּבָֽחֲר֖וּu.va.cha.RuH977the things that pleasemeH2388, andholdוּמַחֲזִיקִ֖יםu.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388fastH2388by mycovenantבִּבְרִיתִֽי׃biv.ri.TiH1285:

5Unto them will Igiveוְנָתַתִּ֨יve.na.ta.TiH5414in minehouseבְּבֵיתִ֤יbe.vei.TiH1004andwithinH1004mywallsוּבְחֽוֹמֹתַי֙u.ve.cho.mo.TaiH2346amemorialיָ֣דyadH3027and anameוָשֵׁ֔םva.ShemH8034betterט֖וֹבTovH2896thanH3808ofsonsמִבָּנִ֣יםmi.ba.NimH1121and ofdaughtersוּמִבָּנ֑וֹתu.mi.ba.NotH1323; I willgiveאֶתֶּן־'e.ten-H5414them aneverlastingעוֹלָם֙o.LamH5769nameשֵׁ֤םshemH8034, that shallnotH3808becutיִכָּרֵֽת׃ סyi.ka.RetH3772offH3772.

6Also the strangers, thatjoinהַנִּלְוִ֤יםha.nil.VimH3867themselvesעַל־'al-H5921to theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, toministerלְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹle.Sha.re.ToH8334unto him, and toloveוּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙u.le.'a.ha.VahH157thenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, to be hisservantsלַעֲבָדִ֑יםla.'a.va.DimH5650,everyכָּל־kol-H3605one that keepeth thesabbathשַׁבָּת֙sha.BatH7676fromprofaningמֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹme.cha.le.LoH2490it, and holdethfastוּמַחֲזִיקִ֖יםu.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388by mycovenantבִּבְרִיתִֽי׃biv.ri.TiH1285;

7evenכִּ֣יkiH3588them will Ibringוַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֞יםva.ha.vi.'o.TimH935to myholyקָדְשִׁ֗יkod.shiH6944mountainהַ֣רharH2022, andmakeוְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙ve.si.mach.TimH8055themjoyfulH8055in myhouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofprayerתְּפִלָּתִ֔יte.fi.la.TiH8605; theirburntעוֹלֹתֵיהֶ֧םo.lo.tei.HemH5930offeringsH5930and theirsacrificesוְזִבְחֵיהֶ֛םve.ziv.chei.HemH2077shall beacceptedלְרָצ֖וֹןle.ra.TzonH7522uponעַֽל־'al-H5921minealtarמִזְבְּחִ֑יmiz.be.ChiH4196: for minehouseבֵיתִ֔יvei.TiH1004shall becalledיִקָּרֵ֖אyi.ka.Re'H7121anhouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofprayerתְּפִלָּ֥הte.fi.LahH8605forallלְכָל־le.kholH3605peoplesהָעַמִּֽים׃ha.'a.MimH5971.

8TheLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136which gathereth the outcasts ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478saith, Yet will IgatherH6908others to him,besideעָלָ֖יו'a.LavH5921his own that aregatheredH6908.

9Allכֹּ֖לkolH3605yebeastsחַיְת֣וֹchay.ToH2416of thefieldשָׂדָ֑יsa.DaiH7704,comeאֵתָ֕יוּ'e.Ta.yuH857todevourלֶאֱכֹ֥לle.'e.KholH398, yea,allכָּל־kol-H3605yebeastsחַיְת֖וֹchay.ToH2416in theforestבַּיָּֽעַר׃ סbai.Ya.'arH3293.

10Hiswatchmenצֹפָ֞יוtza.fiuH6822areblindעִוְרִ֤ים'iv.RimH5787, they areallכֻּלָּם֙ku.LamH3605withoutלֹ֣אlo'H3808knowledgeיָדָ֔עוּya.Da.'uH3045; they areallכֻּלָּם֙ku.LamH3605dumbdogsכְּלָבִ֣יםke.la.VimH3611, theycannotלֹ֥אlo'H3808barkלִנְבֹּ֑חַlin.Bo.achH5024; dreaming,lyingשֹֽׁכְבִ֔יםsho.khe.VimH7901downH7901,lovingאֹהֲבֵ֖י'o.ha.VeiH157toslumberלָנֽוּם׃la.NumH5123.

11Yea, thedogsוְהַכְּלָבִ֣יםve.ha.ke.la.VimH3611are greedy, theycanH3045neverלֹ֤אlo'H3808have enough; andtheseוְהֵ֣מָּהve.He.mahH1992areshepherdsרֹעִ֔יםro.'ImH7462thatcannotלֹ֥אlo'H3808understandהָבִ֑יןha.VinH995: they haveallH3605turnedפָּנ֔וּpa.NuH6437to theirownH376wayלְדַרְכָּ֣םle.dar.KamH1870,eachH376one to hisgainלְבִצְע֖וֹle.vitz.'OH1215, fromeveryH3605quarter.

12Comeוְהָיָ֤הve.ha.YahH1961ye, say they, I will fetchwineיַ֖יִןYa.yinH3196, andweH3117will fill ourselves withstrongשֵׁכָ֑רshe.KharH7941drinkH7941; andtomorrowמָחָ֔רma.CharH4279shall be as thisdayי֣וֹםYomH3117, adayH3117greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419beyondmeasureמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

Commentaries on Isaiah 56

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain