Isaiah 56
56
1Thus says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), Keep you2f judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [is] the man [that] does this, and the Son of man [that] lays hold on it; that keeps the Shabbat [Rest] from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
3Neither let the son of the stranger, that has joined himself to the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), speak, saying, The Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.
4For thus says the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto the eunuchs that keep my Shabbat, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5Even unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), to be his servants, everyone that keeps the Shabbat [Rest] from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant;
7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8The Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER) which gathers the outcasts of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] says, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9All you2f beasts of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you2f beasts in the forest.
10His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11Yes, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his quarter.
12Come you2f, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
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Isaiah 56
56
A House of Prayer for All
1This is what the Lord says:
Preserve justice and do what is right,#Gn 18:19; Ps 106:3; Pr 21:3
for my salvation is coming soon,
and my righteousness will be revealed.#Ps 98:2; Is 46:13; 51:5; Rm 1:17; 3:21
2Happy is the person who does this,
the son of man who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.#Is 58:13
3No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from his people,”#Is 14:1; 56:6
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”#Dt 23:1
4For the Lord says this:
“For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
and choose what pleases me,
and hold firmly to my covenant,
5I will give them, in my house and within my walls,
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters.
I will give each of them an everlasting name
that will never be cut off.#Is 55:13; Rv 2:17
6As for the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to become his servants —
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold firmly to my covenant —
7I will bring them to my holy mountain#Is 2:2–3
and let them rejoice in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on my altar,#Mal 1:11
for my house will be called a house of prayer
for all nations.”#Jr 7:11; Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46
8This is the declaration of the Lord God,
who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
“I will gather to them still others
besides those already gathered.”#Is 11:12; 60:3–11; 66:18–21; Jn 10:16
Unrighteous Leaders Condemned
9All you animals of the field and forest,
come and eat!
10Israel’s#56:10 Or His, or Its watchmen#Ezk 3:17–18; 33:1–6 are blind, all of them,
they know nothing;
all of them are mute dogs,
they cannot bark;
they dream, lie down,
and love to sleep.
11These dogs have fierce appetites;
they never have enough.
And they are shepherds
who have no discernment;
all of them turn to their own way,
every last one for his own profit.#Jr 10:21; 23:1; 50:6; Ezk 34:2
12“Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!” #Lk 12:19; 1Co 15:32
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