Isaiah 56:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Layeth

Isaiah 56:4

Proverbs 4:13

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Keepeth the

Keepeth his

Romans 12:9

General references

Leviticus 23:3

Deuteronomy 29:9

Bible References

Layeth

For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose that in which I delight, and who keep hold of my covenant.

Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life.

[It is] good to take hold of the one and also must not let go of the other; for whoever fears God will hold both of them secure.

Keepeth the

If you hold your foot back from [the] Sabbath, [from] doing your affairs on {my holy day}, if you call the Sabbath a pleasure, the holy [day] of Yahweh honorable, if you honor him {more than} doing your ways, than finding your affairs and speaking a word,

"And you, speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, because it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations, [in order] to know that I [am] Yahweh, who consecrates you.

You shall keep my Sabbaths, and you shall revere my sanctuary; I [am] Yahweh.

So I quarreled with the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?

Thus says Yahweh, "Be on your guard for the sake of yourselves, that you must not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, and you must [not] bring [it] through the gates of Jerusalem.

And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them {so they would know} that I, Yahweh, [am] [the one] sanctifying them.

Keepeth his

Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

Turn aside from evil and do good and [so] abide forever.

I have restrained my feet from every evil way, so that I may heed your word.

Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil.

The wise is cautious and turns from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.

By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over, and by fear of Yahweh {one turns} from evil.

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

General references

" '[For] six days work is to be done, and on the seventh day [shall be] {a Sabbath of complete rest}, a holy assembly; you shall not do any work; it [shall be] a Sabbath for Yahweh in all your dwellings.

And {you must diligently observe the words of this covenant}, so that you may succeed in all that you do.