Isaiah 56:1

Justice Salvation Obedience

This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

² Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

³ Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
KJV: Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
WEB: The LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
ASV: Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
BLB: Thus says YHWH: “Keep justice and do what is right, for near [is] My salvation to arriving, and My righteousness to being revealed.

ÅB: Så sier Herren: Akt på det som er rett, og gjør rettferdighet! For min frelse kommer snart, og snart skal min rettferdighet åpenbares.
OTB: Dette sier Herren: “Hold rettferd og praktiser rettferdighet, for min frelse er nær og min rettferdighet vil snart bli avdekket.
B1930: Så sier Herren: Akt på det som er rett, og gjør rettferdighet! For min frelse kommer snart, og snart skal min rettferdighet åpenbares.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 13:11–14
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
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Psalms 85:9
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
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Matthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
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Isaiah 1:16–19
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
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Romans 1:17
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
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Psalms 24:4–6
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
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Romans 10:6–10
But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
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Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
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