Isaiah 56 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Rewards for Obedience to God

Isa 56:1Thus says the LORD,
“Preserve justice and do righteousness,
For My salvation is about to come
And My righteousness to be revealed.

Isa 56:2

Isa 56:2“How blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who takes hold of it;
Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Isa 56:3

Isa 56:3Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely separate me from His people.”
Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

Isa 56:4

Isa 56:4For thus says the LORD,
“To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And hold fast My covenant,

Isa 56:5

Isa 56:5To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [fn]them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

Isa 56:6

Isa 56:6“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
To minister to Him, and to love the name of the LORD,
To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath
And holds fast My covenant;

Isa 56:7

Isa 56:7Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Isa 56:8

Isa 56:8The Lord [fn]GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,
“Yet others I will gather to [fn]them, to those already gathered.”

Isa 56:9

Isa 56:9All you beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.

Isa 56:10

Isa 56:10His watchmen are blind,
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
[fn]Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Isa 56:11

Isa 56:11And the dogs are [fn]greedy, they [fn]are not satisfied.
And they are shepherds who have no understanding;
They have all turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

Isa 56:12

Isa 56:12“Come,” they say, “let [fn]us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(56:5)

So DSS; M.T. reads him

(56:8)

Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD

(56:8)

Literally: him

(56:10)

So DSS; M.T. Ravers

(56:11)

Literally: strong of soul/appetite

(56:11)

Literally: do not know satisfaction

(56:12)

So DSS and many versions; M.T. me

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