Isaiah 56
1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6 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;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my 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.
8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Cross-references
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- 1Rom 13:11–14, Psa 85:9, Mat 3:2, Isa 1:16–19, Rom 1:17, Psa 24:4–6, Rom 10:6–10, Isa 55:7
- 2Exo 31:13–16, Isa 58:13, Psa 112:1, Ezk 20:12, Exo 20:10, Luk 11:28, Jer 17:21–22, Ezk 20:20
- 31Co 6:17, Act 10:34, Mat 19:12–30, Eph 2:22, Act 10:1–2, Mat 8:10–11, Zec 8:20–23, Dan 1:3–21
- 4Psa 119:111, Isa 27:5, Jos 24:15, Luk 10:42, Isa 56:6, 2Sa 23:5, Heb 6:17, Jer 50:5
- 5Rev 3:12, Rev 3:5, 1Jn 3:1, Isa 55:13, Jhn 1:12, 1Ti 3:15, Isa 48:19, Isa 60:18
- 6Jer 50:5, Isa 56:2–4, Isa 58:13, Isa 44:5, Jas 2:5, Gal 5:6, Mrk 12:30–34, Rev 1:10
- 7Mrk 11:17, Isa 2:2–3, Mal 1:11, Luk 19:46, Mat 21:13, Mic 4:1–2, Rom 12:1, Eph 2:11–13
- 8Jhn 10:16, Isa 54:7, Isa 60:3–11, Zec 10:8–10, Gen 49:10, Eph 2:14–16, Jer 31:10, Eph 1:10
- 9Jer 12:9, Deu 28:26, Isa 18:6, Ezk 39:17, Rev 19:17–18, Ezk 29:5
- 10Ezk 33:6, Isa 29:10, Php 3:2, Isa 58:1, Mat 15:14, Nam 3:18, Mrk 13:34–37, Hos 9:7–8
- 11Ezk 34:2–3, Ezk 13:19, Jhn 8:43, Mic 3:11, Zec 11:15–17, Mic 3:5–6, Rev 22:15, Isa 1:3
- 12Psa 10:6, Pro 27:1, Luk 12:19–20, Isa 5:22, Pro 23:35, 1Co 15:32, Hos 4:11, Tit 1:7
Topics in this chapter
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Blindness, Church, Confidence, Covetousness, Dog (Sodomite?), Drunkenness, Eunuch, Gentiles, God, Happiness, Idleness, Integrity, Isaiah, Jesus, the Christ, Joy, Justice, Justification, Love, Minister, Christian, Quotations and Allusions, Righteous, Sabbath, Salvation, Self-Delusion, Sensuality, Slothfulness, Temple, Wine, Worship