Isaiah 56:6-8
International Standard Version
6 “Also, the foreigners who join themselves to[a] the Lord,
to minister to him,
to love the name of the Lord,[b]
to be his servants,
and to bless the Lord’s name,
observing[c] the Sabbath without profaning it,
and who hold fast my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will rise up to be accepted[d] on my altar;
for my house will be called a house of prayer
for everyone.”[e]
A Rebuke to Israel’s Guardians
8 This is what the Lord God says,
the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel:
“I’ll gather still others to them
besides those already gathered.[f]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:6 So 1QIsaa (cf. v 3); 1QIsab MT read upon
- Isaiah 56:6 So 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa lacks this line
- Isaiah 56:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read all who observe
- Isaiah 56:7 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsai MT LXX read will be accepted
- Isaiah 56:7 Lit. for all peoples
- Isaiah 56:8 Lit. besides their gathered ones
Isaiah 56:6-8
Lexham English Bible
6 And the foreigners[a] who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him
and to love the name of Yahweh, to become his servants,
every one who keeps the Sabbath, so as not to profane[b] it,
and those who keep hold of my covenant,
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;[c]
I will make them merry in my house of prayer.
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted[d] on my altar,
for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples,”
8 declares[e] the Lord Yahweh, who gathers[f] the scattered ones of Israel (still I will gather to[g] him, to his gathered ones).
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Isaiah 56:6 Literally “sons of the foreign country”
- Isaiah 56:6 Literally “from profaning”
- Isaiah 56:7 Literally “the mountain of my holiness”
- Isaiah 56:7 Literally “for acceptance”
- Isaiah 56:8 Literally “declaration of”
- Isaiah 56:8 Or “gathering”
- Isaiah 56:8 Or “upon”
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