Isaiah 56

Salvation for Others

1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this— the person who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”
3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the LORD say, “The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.” And let no eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”
4 For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant—
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will endure forever.
6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORDto minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
8 The Sovereign LORD declares— he who gathers the exiles of Israel: “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.”

God’s Accusation Against the Wicked

9 Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep.
11 They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain.
12 “Come,” each one cries, “let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better.”

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Cross References 34

  • 1. S Psalms 11:7; S Isaiah 1:17; S Jeremiah 22:3
  • 2. S Isaiah 26:8
  • 3. S Psalms 85:9
  • 4. Jeremiah 23:6; Daniel 9:24
  • 5. S Psalms 119:2
  • 6. S Exodus 20:8,10; Isaiah 58:13
  • 7. S Exodus 12:43; S 1 Kings 8:41; S Isaiah 11:10; Zechariah 8:20-23
  • 8. Deuteronomy 23:3
  • 9. S Leviticus 21:20; Jer 38:7 "fn"; Acts 8:27
  • 10. Jer 38:7 "fn"
  • 11. S Exodus 31:13
  • 12. Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18
  • 13. S Numbers 32:42; 1 Samuel 15:12
  • 14. S Isaiah 43:7
  • 15. S Isaiah 48:19; Isaiah 55:13
  • 16. S Exodus 12:43; S 1 Kings 8:41
  • 17. S 1 Chronicles 22:2; Isaiah 60:7,10; Isaiah 61:5
  • 18. Malachi 1:11
  • 19. ver 2,4
  • 20. S Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 20:40
  • 21. S Isaiah 19:21; Romans 12:1; Philippians 4:18; Hebrews 13:15
  • 22. Matthew 21:13*; Luke 19:46*
  • 23. Mark 11:17*
  • 24. S Deuteronomy 30:4; S Isaiah 1:9; S Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 60:3-11; Ezekiel 34:12; John 10:16
  • 25. Isaiah 18:6; Jeremiah 12:9; Ezekiel 34:5,8; Ezekiel 39:17-20
  • 26. S Isaiah 52:8; Isaiah 62:6; Jeremiah 6:17; Jeremiah 31:6; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:7
  • 27. Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 14:13-14
  • 28. Nahum 3:18
  • 29. Jeremiah 23:1; Ezekiel 34:2
  • 30. Isaiah 1:3
  • 31. S Isaiah 53:6; Hosea 4:7-8
  • 32. Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Jeremiah 22:17; Ezekiel 13:19; Micah 3:11
  • 33. S Leviticus 10:9; S Proverbs 23:20; S Isaiah 22:13
  • 34. Psalms 10:6; Luke 12:18-19

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