Isaiah Chapter 56

An exhortation to sanctification


56:1 So says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, Keep ya’ll judgment, and do righteousnessצְדָקָה
Transliteration: ṣᵊḏāqâ Pronunciation: tsed-aw-kaw’ For more info click here
: for my salvationיְשׁוּעָתִי
Pronunciation:yᵊšûʿāṯî – feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע something saved, i.e. (abstractly) my deliverance; hence, my aid, my victory, my prosperity:—deliverance, my health, my help(-ing), my salvation, my save, my saving (health), my welfare For more info click here
is near to come, and my righteousnessוְצִדְקָתִי
Pronunciation:vᵊṣiḏqāṯî For more info click here
to be revealed.
56:2 Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the Sabbathשַׁבָּת
romanized: Šabbāṯ, [ʃa’bat], lit. ’rest’ or ‘cessation’) is Judaism’s day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the creation of the heavens and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt, and look forward to a future Messianic Age. Since the Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday For more info click here
from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that has joined himself to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, speak, saying, YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has completely separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, See, I am a dry tree.
56:4 Because so says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
to the eunuchs that keep My Sabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתַי
Pronounced: šabṯôṯay, lit. ’rest’ or ‘cessation’) is Judaism’s day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the creation of the heavens and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt, and look forward to a future Messianic Age. Since the Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday For more info click here
, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
56:5 Even to them will I give in my 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.
56:6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, to serve him, and to love the name of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, to be his servants, every one that keeps the Sabbathשַׁבָּת
romanized: Šabbāṯ, [ʃa’bat], lit. ’rest’ or ‘cessation’) is Judaism’s day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical stories describing the creation of the heavens and earth in six days and the redemption from slavery and the Exodus from Egypt, and look forward to a future Messianic Age. Since the Jewish religious calendar counts days from sunset to sunset, Shabbat begins in the evening of what on the civil calendar is Friday For more info click here
from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant;
56:7 Even them will I bring to my holyקָדְשִׁי
Pronunciation qāḏšî my sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), my dedicated (thing),my hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), my saint, my sanctuary. For more info click here
mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
56:8 Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, that gathers the outcasts of Israel says, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered to him.

Blind watchmen removed


56:9 All ya’ll animals of the field, come to devour, yes, all ya’ll animals in the forest.
56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they can’t bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to sleep.
56:11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that can’t understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his gain, from his quarter.
56:12 Come y’all, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like this day, and much more abundant.

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