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Isaiah 55:6-56:8
Complete Jewish Bible
Isaiah 55:6-56:8
Complete Jewish Bible
6 Seek Adonai while he is available,
call on him while he is still nearby.
7 Let the wicked person abandon his way
and the evil person his thoughts;
let him return to Adonai,
and he will have mercy on him;
let him return to our God,
for he will freely forgive.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways,” says Adonai.
9 “As high as the sky is above the earth
are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For just as rain and snow fall from the sky
and do not return there, but water the earth,
causing it to bud and produce,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth —
it will not return to me unfulfilled;
but it will accomplish what I intend,
and cause to succeed what I sent it to do.”
12 Yes, you will go out with joy,
you will be led forth in peace.
As you come, the mountains and hills
will burst out into song,
and all the trees in the countryside
will clap their hands.
13 Cypresses will grow in place of thorns,
myrtles will grow instead of briars.
This will bring fame to Adonai
as an eternal, imperishable sign.
56 Here is what Adonai says:
“Observe justice, do what is right,
for my salvation is close to coming,
my righteousness to being revealed.”
2 Happy is the person who does this,
anyone who grasps it firmly,
who keeps Shabbat and does not profane it,
and keeps himself from doing any evil.
3 A foreigner joining Adonai should not say,
“Adonai will separate me from his people”;
likewise the eunuch should not say,
“I am only a dried-up tree.”
4 For here is what Adonai says:
“As for the eunuchs who keep my Shabbats,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant:
5 in my house, within my walls,
I will give them power and a name
greater than sons and daughters;
I will give him an everlasting name
that will not be cut off.
6 “And the foreigners who join themselves to Adonai
to serve him, to love the name of Adonai,
and to be his workers,
all who keep Shabbat and do not profane it,
and 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 peoples.”
8 Adonai Elohim says,
he who gathers Isra’el’s exiles:
“There are yet others I will gather,
besides those gathered already.”
Isaiah 55:6-56:8
New International Version
Isaiah 55:6-56:8
New International Version
6 Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
call(C) on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)
8 “For my thoughts(I) are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”(J)
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,(K)
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.(L)
10 As the rain(M) and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(N)
so that it yields seed(O) for the sower and bread for the eater,(P)
11 so is my word(Q) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(R)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(S) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(T)
and be led forth in peace;(U)
the mountains and hills
will burst into song(V) before you,
and all the trees(W) of the field
will clap their hands.(X)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers(Y) the myrtle(Z) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(AA)
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
Salvation for Others
56 This is what the Lord says:
“Maintain justice(AB)
and do what is right,(AC)
for my salvation(AD) is close at hand
and my righteousness(AE) will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed(AF) is the one who does this—
the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath(AG) without desecrating it,
and keeps their hands from doing any evil.”
3 Let no foreigner(AH) who is bound to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”(AI)
And let no eunuch(AJ) complain,
“I am only a dry tree.”
4 For this is what the Lord says:
“To the eunuchs(AK) who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant(AL)—
5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls(AM)
a memorial(AN) and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(AO)
that will endure forever.(AP)
6 And foreigners(AQ) who bind themselves to the Lord
to minister(AR) to him,
to love the name(AS) of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath(AT) without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain(AU)
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(AV)
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.(AW)”(AX)
8 The Sovereign Lord declares—
he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(AY) still others to them
besides those already gathered.”
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