Keraia
Major Prophets

Isaiah 56

Salvation for Foreigners

1This is what the LORD says:

“Maintain justice and do what is right,

for My salvation is coming soon,

and My righteousness will be revealed.

1Thus says YHWH: “Keep justice and do what is right, for near is My salvation to arriving, and My righteousness to being revealed.

2Blessed is the man who does this,

and the son of man who holds it fast,

who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who grabs hold of it, keeping the Sabbath from being profaned, and keeping his hand from doing any evil.”

3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say,

“The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.”

And let the eunuch not say,

“I am but a dry tree.”

3Let no son of the foreigner who has joined himself to YHWH speak, saying, “YHWH will surely separate me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

4For this is what the LORD says:

“To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,

who choose what pleases Me

and hold fast to My covenant—

4For thus says YHWH: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, and choose what I delight in, and hold fast to My covenant:

5I will give them, in My house and within My walls,

a memorial and a name

better than that of sons and daughters.

I will give them an everlasting name

that will not be cut off.

5And will I give to them in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters—an everlasting name I will give to them, that will not be cut off.

6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD

to minister to Him,

to love the name of the LORD,

and to be His servants—

all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it

and who hold fast to My covenant—

6And the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to YHWH to serve Him and to love the name of YHWH, to be His servants, all keeping the Sabbath from being profaned and holding firmly to My covenant,

7I will bring them to My holy mountain

and make them joyful in My house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices

will be accepted on My altar,

for My house will be called a house of prayer

for all the nations.”

7even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and I will make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

8Thus declares the Lord GOD,

who gathers the dispersed of Israel:

“I will gather to them still others

besides those already gathered.”

8A declaration of the Lord YHWH, the One gathering the banished ones of Israel: “Yet more will I gather to him, besides those having been gathered to him.”

Israel’s Sinful Leaders

9Come, all you beasts of the field;

eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

9Every beast of the field, come to devour—every beast in the forest!

10Israel’s watchmen are blind,

they are all oblivious;

they are all mute dogs,

they cannot bark;

they are dreamers lying around,

loving to slumber.

10His watchmen are blind—all of them! They do not know; all of them are mute dogs, they are not able to bark, dreaming lying down, loving to sleep.

11Like ravenous dogs,

they are never satisfied.

They are shepherds with no discernment;

they all turn to their own way,

each one seeking his own gain:

11And these dogs are strong of appetite; they do not know satisfaction; and they are shepherds not knowing discernment; they all turn to their own way, each man for his own gain from his quarter.

12“Come, let me get the wine,

let us imbibe the strong drink,

and tomorrow will be like today,

only far better!”

12“Come, I will bring wine, and let us imbibe the strong drink; and this day will be like tomorrow—great—exceedingly abundant.”