Isaiah 56:6
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 I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful 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 the nations.”
8 Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
- KJV
- Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
- WEB
- Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve him, and to love the LORD’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,
- ASV
- Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;
- DARBY
- Also the sons of the alien, that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast to my covenant;
- BLB
- And the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to YHWH to serve Him and to love the name of YHWH, to be His servants, all keeping the Sabbath from being profaned and holding firmly to My covenant,
- ÅB
- Og de fremmede som holder seg til Herren for å tjene ham og for å elske Herrens navn, for å være hans tjenere, alle de som holder sabbaten, så de ikke vanhelliger den, og som holder fast ved min pakt,
- OTB
- Og de fremmede som slutter seg til Herren for å tjene ham, for å elske Herrens navn, og for å være hans tjenere, alle som holder sabbaten uten å vanhellige den og holder fast ved min pakt—
- B1930
- Og de fremmede som holder sig til Herren for å tjene ham og for å elske Herrens navn, for å være hans tjenere, alle de som holder sabbaten, så de ikke vanhelliger den, og som holder fast ved min pakt,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:13
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
Read in contextIsaiah 56:2–4
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.”
Read in contextGalatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Read in contextIsaiah 44:5
One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
Read in contextMark 12:30–34
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Read in contextRevelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
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