Revised Version 1895

Isaiah 56:2-6

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;

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