Isaiah 56
56
LVI
1Thus saith Jehovah:
Keep ye judgment, and do justice;
For my salvation is near to come,
And my righteousness to be revealed.
2Blessed is the man that doeth this,
And the son of man that layeth hold on it;
That keepeth the sabbath from profaning it;
And keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3And let not the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying:
Jehovah hath utterly separated me from his people;
Neither let the eunuch say:
Behold! I am a dry tree.
4For thus saith Jehovah unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
And choose that in which I delight,
And take hold of my covenant;
5Even unto them will I give in mine house, and within my walls,
A place and a name better than of sons and daughters:
I will give them an everlasting name,
That shall never be cut off.
6And the sons of the stranger that join themselves unto Jehovah, to minister unto him,
And to love the name of Jehovah, and to become his servants;
Every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it,
And that taketh hold of my covenant;
7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain,
And make them joyful in mine house of prayer:
Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar;
For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
8The Lord Jehovah,
Who gathereth together the outcasts of Israel, saith:
Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour;
Yea, all ye beasts of the forest I
10His watchmen are blind, they are all ignorant;
They are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark;
Dreaming, stretching along, loving to slumber.
11Yea, they are dogs of greedy appetite, they can never have enough;
And the shepherds themselves cannot understand:
They all turn to their own way;
Every one for his gain from his quarter.
12Come ye, 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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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 56
56
Salvation for Foreigners
1Thus says the Lord:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
# ch. 46:12, 13; 51:5, 6 for soon my salvation will come,
and my righteousness be revealed.
2Blessed is the man who does this,
and the son of man who holds it fast,
# ch. 58:13 who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3Let not #ch. 14:1; [Deut. 23:7, 8] the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
“Behold, I am #[Ezek. 17:24; 20:47]a dry tree.”
4For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs #[See ver. 2 above]who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
5 # [1 Tim. 3:15; Rev. 3:12] I will give in my house and within my walls
a #[2 Sam. 18:18; John 1:12] monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
# [2 Tim. 2:19] I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.
6“And #[See ver. 3 above] the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone #[See ver. 2 above]who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
7 # ch. 65:1; [ch. 19:24, 25] these I will bring to #ch. 2:2 my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
# [Rom. 15:16] their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for #Cited Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
8The Lord God,
# ch. 11:12 who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
#
John 10:16; Eph. 1:10; See Eph. 2:11-16 “I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9 #
Jer. 12:9; Ezek. 34:8 All you beasts of the field, come to devour—
all you beasts in the forest.
10 # ch. 62:6; Jer. 6:17 His watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent #[Phil. 3:2]dogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 #
Ezek. 34:2, 3 The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But #[Jer. 23:1] they are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
#
Jer. 6:13
each to his own gain, one and all.
12 # [ch. 28:7] “Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
# [ch. 22:13; Prov. 23:35; Luke 12:19; 1 Cor. 15:32] and tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”
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