My LORD’s BibleIsaiah 56
1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה שִׁמְרוּ מִשְׁפָּט וַעֲשׂוּ צְדָקָה כִּי־קְרֹובָה יְשׁוּעָתִי לָבֹוא וְצִדְקָתִי לְהִגָּלֹות׃ (4110)
See also: Romans 13:11-14, Psalms 85:9, Isaiah 1:16-19, Matthew 3:2, Romans 1:17, Psalms 24:4-6, Romans 10:6-10, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 46:13, Isaiah 51:5, Matthew 4:17, Isaiah 26:7-8, Daniel 9:24, Luke 3:3-9, Jeremiah 7:3-11, Mark 1:15, John 7:17, Romans 10:3, Revelation 22:14, Malachi 4:4
2Blessed 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.
אַשְׁרֵי אֱנֹושׁ יַעֲשֶׂה־זֹּאת וּבֶן־אָדָם יַחֲזִיק בָּהּ שֹׁמֵר שַׁבָּת מֵחַלְּלֹו וְשֹׁמֵר יָדֹו מֵעֲשֹׂות כָּל־רָע׃ (4964)
See also: Isaiah 58:13, Genesis 2:3, Exodus 31:13-16, Psalms 112:1, Ezekiel 20:12, 2 Peter 1:10, Exodus 20:10, Jeremiah 17:21-22, Ezekiel 20:20, Luke 11:28, Psalms 106:3, Isaiah 56:6, John 13:17, Exodus 20:8, Leviticus 19:30, Psalms 15:3, Psalms 119:1-5, Psalms 119:101, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 4:27
3Neither 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.
וְאַל־יֹאמַר בֶּן־הַנֵּכָר הַנִּלְוָה אֶל־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הַבְדֵּל יַבְדִּילַנִי יְהוָה מֵעַל עַמֹּו וְאַל־יֹאמַר הַסָּרִיס הֵן אֲנִי עֵץ יָבֵשׁ׃ (2689)
See also: 2 Chronicles 6:32, Acts 10:35, Matthew 19:12, 1 Corinthians 6:17, Deuteronomy 23:1, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Acts 8:27, Acts 10:34, Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:7, Esther 4:4, Isaiah 14:1, Isaiah 39:7, Isaiah 56:5, Jeremiah 39:16-17, Jeremiah 50:5, Daniel 1:3-21, Zephaniah 2:11, Zechariah 8:20-23, Matthew 8:10-11
4For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
כִּי־כֹה ׀ אָמַר יְהוָה לַסָּרִיסִים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹותַי וּבָחֲרוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר חָפָצְתִּי וּמַחֲזִיקִים בִּבְרִיתִי׃ (5466)
See also: Exodus 20:8, Hebrews 6:18, Joshua 24:15, Psalms 119:111, Isaiah 27:5, Luke 10:42, Exodus 19:5, Leviticus 19:3, Deuteronomy 30:19, 2 Samuel 23:5, Isaiah 56:6, Deuteronomy 29:9, Isaiah 55:3, Isaiah 56:2, Isaiah 64:7, Jeremiah 50:5, Hebrews 6:17, Genesis 17:9, Ezra 10:11, Mark 2:24
5Even 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.
וְנָתַתִּי לָהֶם בְּבֵיתִי וּבְחֹומֹתַי יָד וָשֵׁם טֹוב מִבָּנִים וּמִבָּנֹות שֵׁם עֹולָם אֶתֶּן־לֹו אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִכָּרֵת׃ (4995)
See also: John 1:12, John 2:16, Revelation 3:12, Romans 8:15, Revelation 3:5, 1 John 3:1, Nehemiah 2:20, Isaiah 43:7, Isaiah 55:13, Zephaniah 3:20, 1 Timothy 3:15, Isaiah 26:1, Isaiah 48:19, Isaiah 60:18, Isaiah 62:12, Matthew 16:18, Ephesians 2:22, Hebrews 3:6, 1 Samuel 1:8, Ezra 9:8
6Also 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;
וּבְנֵי הַנֵּכָר הַנִּלְוִים עַל־יְהוָה לְשָׁרְתֹו וּלְאַהֲבָה אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה לִהְיֹות לֹו לַעֲבָדִים כָּל־שֹׁמֵר שַׁבָּת מֵחַלְּלֹו וּמַחֲזִיקִים בִּבְרִיתִי׃ (5256)
See also: Jeremiah 50:5, Ezekiel 47:22, Isaiah 56:2-4, Isaiah 58:13, Deuteronomy 5:12, Esther 9:27, Psalms 31:23, Isaiah 44:5, Isaiah 56:4, Ezekiel 20:13, Galatians 5:6, James 2:5, Leviticus 23:3, Jeremiah 3:17, Zechariah 6:15, Mark 12:30-34, Acts 2:41, Revelation 1:10, 2 Samuel 22:45, Ezra 8:36
7Even 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.
וַהֲבִיאֹותִים אֶל־הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתִי עֹולֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם לְרָצֹון עַל־מִזְבְּחִי כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית־תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל־הָעַמִּים׃ (6385)
See also: Mark 11:17, Matthew 21:13, Romans 12:1, Luke 19:46, Isaiah 2:2, Malachi 1:11, Psalms 87:1, Micah 4:1-2, Jeremiah 7:11, Isaiah 60:7, Psalms 2:6, Ephesians 2:11-13, Ezekiel 20:40, John 4:21-23, Hebrews 12:22, Hebrews 12:28, Exodus 28:38, Zechariah 8:3, Leviticus 1:4, Isaiah 57:13
8The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה מְקַבֵּץ נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֹוד אֲקַבֵּץ עָלָיו לְנִקְבָּצָיו׃ (1704)
See also: John 10:16, Psalms 147:2, Isaiah 11:12, Isaiah 54:7, Isaiah 60:3-11, Ezekiel 34:11, Isaiah 55:5, Micah 4:6, Genesis 49:10, Deuteronomy 30:3, Nehemiah 1:9, Isaiah 27:12, Isaiah 66:18-21, Jeremiah 30:17, Jeremiah 31:10, Zechariah 10:8-10, Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 2:14-16, Psalms 106:47, Isaiah 11:11-12
9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
כֹּל חַיְתֹו שָׂדָי אֵתָיוּ לֶאֱכֹל כָּל־חַיְתֹו בַּיָּעַר׃ (2042)
See also: Jeremiah 23:1, Jeremiah 12:9, Ezekiel 39:17, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 13:25, 1 Samuel 17:46, Jeremiah 15:3, Ezekiel 34:5, Daniel 7:5, Micah 3:5, Luke 10:2, Revelation 19:17, Deuteronomy 28:26, Isaiah 18:6, Isaiah 42:22, Jeremiah 2:8, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 13:20, Jeremiah 50:7, Ezekiel 13:2
10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
[צָפוּ כ] (צֹפָיו ק) עִוְרִים כֻּלָּם לֹא יָדָעוּ כֻּלָּם כְּלָבִים אִלְּמִים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לִנְבֹּחַ הֹזִים שֹׁכְבִים אֹהֲבֵי לָנוּם׃ (2103)
See also: Psalms 127:1, Philippians 3:2, Isaiah 29:10, Ezekiel 33:6, Hosea 4:6, Isaiah 58:1, Matthew 15:14, Hosea 9:7-8, Nahum 3:18, Mark 13:34-37, Proverbs 6:4-10, Proverbs 24:30-34, Ezekiel 3:15-18, Ezekiel 13:16, Matthew 7:15, Luke 6:39-40, Luke 21:34, Isaiah 28:7, Isaiah 52:8, Jeremiah 14:13-14
11Yea, 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.
וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי־נֶפֶשׁ לֹא יָדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה וְהֵמָּה רֹעִים לֹא יָדְעוּ הָבִין כֻּלָּם לְדַרְכָּם פָּנוּ אִישׁ לְבִצְעֹו מִקָּצֵהוּ׃ (2962)
See also: John 10:10, Isaiah 44:18, 1 Timothy 6:10, Isaiah 53:6, Ezekiel 34:2-3, Isaiah 57:17, Ezekiel 13:19, Philippians 2:21, Hosea 4:8, Micah 3:11, John 8:43, Isaiah 1:3, Micah 3:5-6, Zechariah 11:15-17, Titus 1:7, Revelation 22:15, 1 Samuel 2:12-17, Luke 16:14, John 10:6, 1 Timothy 3:8
12Come 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.
אֵתָיוּ אֶקְחָה־יַיִן וְנִסְבְּאָה שֵׁכָר וְהָיָה כָזֶה יֹום מָחָר גָּדֹול יֶתֶר מְאֹד׃ (2305)
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:32, Isaiah 22:13, Psalms 10:6, Proverbs 27:1, Amos 6:3, Luke 12:19-20, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:35, Isaiah 5:22, Hosea 4:11, Luke 12:45-46, Isaiah 28:7-8, Jeremiah 18:18, Amos 9:10, Luke 21:34, Titus 1:7, Job 24:23, Psalms 30:6, Isaiah 5:11