Isaiah 56

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Isaiah 56

Rewards for Obedience to God

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Thus says the Lord,
“^(A)Preserve justice and do righteousness,
For My ^(B)salvation is about to come
And My righteousness to be revealed.

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“How ^(C)blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who ^(D)takes hold of it;
Who ^(E)keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

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Let not the ^(F)foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from His people.”
Nor let the ^(G)eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

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4} For thus says the Lord,

“To the eunuchs who ^(H)keep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And ^(I)hold fast My covenant,

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To them I will give in My ^(J)house and within My ^(K)walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give ^(a)them an everlasting ^(L)name which ^(M)will not be cut off.

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“Also the ^(N)foreigners 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 ^(O)keeps from profaning the sabbath
And holds fast My covenant;

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Even ^(P)those I will bring to My ^(Q)holy mountain
And ^(R)make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on ^(S)My altar;
For ^(T)My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

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The Lord ^(b)God, who ^(U)gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,
“Yet ^(V)others I will gather to ^(c)them, to those already gathered.”

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All you ^(W)beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.

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His ^(X)watchmen are ^(Y)blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
^(d)Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

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And the dogs are ^(e)^(Z)greedy, they ^(f)are not satisfied.
And they are shepherds who have ^(AA)no understanding;
They have all ^(AB)turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

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“Come,” they say, “let ^(g)us get ^(AC)wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And ^(AD)tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 56:5: ['So DSS; M.T. reads ', him]

b. Isaiah 56:8: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]

c. Isaiah 56:8: ['Lit ', him]

d. Isaiah 56:10: ['So DSS; M.T. ', Ravers]

e. Isaiah 56:11: ['Lit ', strong of soul/appetite]

f. Isaiah 56:11: ['Lit ', do not know satisfaction]

g. Isaiah 56:12: ['So DSS and many versions; M.T. ', me]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 56:1: Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 61:8

B. Isaiah 56:1: Psalm 85:9; Isaiah 46:13; Isaiah 51:5

C. Isaiah 56:2: Psalm 112:1; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 119:2

D. Isaiah 56:2: Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 56:6

E. Isaiah 56:2: Exodus 20:8-11; Exodus 31:13-17; Isaiah 56:6; Isaiah 58:13; Jeremiah 17:21; Jeremiah 17:22; Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 20:20

F. Isaiah 56:3: Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 56:6

G. Isaiah 56:3: Deuteronomy 23:1; Jeremiah 38:7; Acts 8:27

H. Isaiah 56:4: Isaiah 56:2; Isaiah 56:6

I. Isaiah 56:4: Isaiah 56:6

J. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 66:20

K. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18

L. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 62:2

M. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 48:19; Isaiah 55:13

N. Isaiah 56:6: Isaiah 56:3; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 61:5

O. Isaiah 56:6: Isaiah 56:2; Isaiah 56:4

P. Isaiah 56:7: Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 60:11; Micah 4:1; Micah 4:2

Q. Isaiah 56:7: Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 65:25

R. Isaiah 56:7: Isaiah 61:10

S. Isaiah 56:7: Isaiah 60:7

T. Isaiah 56:7: Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46

U. Isaiah 56:8: Isaiah 11:12

V. Isaiah 56:8: Isaiah 60:3-11; Isaiah 66:18-21; John 10:16

W. Isaiah 56:9: Isaiah 18:6; Isaiah 46:11

X. Isaiah 56:10: Ezekiel 3:17

Y. Isaiah 56:10: Isaiah 29:9-14; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 14:14

Z. Isaiah 56:11: Isaiah 28:7; Ezekiel 13:19; Micah 3:5; Micah 3:11

AA. Isaiah 56:11: Isaiah 1:3

AB. Isaiah 56:11: Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 22:17

AC. Isaiah 56:12: Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 5:22

AD. Isaiah 56:12: Psalm 10:6; Luke 12:19; Luke 12:20