Isaiah 56
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A charge to keep the holy precepts
Verse 1
WEB Thus says Yahweh, “Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
KJV Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
TSK Keep: isa 1:16-19, isa 26:7,8, isa 55:7, ps 24:4-6, ps 50:23, jer 7:3-11, mal 4:4, mt 3:2, joh 7:17; for: isa 46:13, isa 51:5, ps 85:9, mt 3:2, mt 4:17, mr 1:15, lu 3:3-9, ro 1:17, ro 10:6-10, ro 13:11-14
Verse 2
WEB Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
KJV 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.
TSK Blessed: ps 1:1-3, ps 15:1-5, ps 106:3, ps 112:1, ps 119:1-5, ps 128:1, lu 11:28, lu 12:43, joh 13:17, re 22:14; layeth: isa 56:4, pr 4:13, ec 7:18; keepeth the: isa 58:13, ex 31:13-16, le 19:30, ne 13:17, jer 17:21,22, eze 20:12,20; keepeth his: ps 34:14, ps 37:27, ps 119:101, pr 4:27, pr 14:16, pr 16:6,17, ro 12:9
Blessings promised
Verse 3
WEB Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;” neither let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
KJV 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.
TSK the son: nu 18:4,7, de 23:1-3, zec 8:20-23, mt 8:10,11, ac 8:27, ac 10:1,2,34, ac 13:47,48, ac 17:4, ac 18:7, ro 2:10,11, ro 15:9-12,16, eph 2:12,22, 1pe 1:1; joined: jer 50:5, zep 2:11, 1co 6:17; The Lord hath: mt 15:26,27, lu 7:6-8; neither: isa 56:5, isa 39:7, jer 38:7-13, jer 39:16,17, da 1:3-21, mt 19:12-30, ac 8:26-40
Verse 4
WEB For thus says Yahweh, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
KJV 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;
TSK choose: jos 24:15, ps 119:111, lu 10:42; take hold: isa 27:5, isa 55:3, 2sa 23:5, jer 50:5, heb 6:17
Verse 5
WEB to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
KJV 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.
TSK will I: mt 16:18, eph 2:22, 1ti 3:15, heb 3:6; and a: isa 62:12, joh 1:12, 1jo 3:1, re 3:12; better: 1sa 1:8; that shall: isa 55:13, re 3:5
Verse 6
WEB Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;
KJV 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;
TSK join: isa 56:3, isa 44:5, jer 50:5, ac 2:41, ac 11:23, 2co 8:5, 1th 1:9,10; to love: mr 12:30-34, ro 8:28, 1co 16:22, ga 5:6, eph 6:24, jas 1:12, jas 2:5; every: isa 56:2, isa 58:13, re 1:10
Verse 7
WEB 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 on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
KJV 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.
TSK them will: isa 2:2,3, isa 66:19,20, ps 2:6, mic 4:1,2, zec 8:3, mal 1:11, joh 12:20-26, eph 2:11-13, heb 12:22, 1pe 1:1,2; their burnt: ro 12:1, heb 13:15, 1pe 2:5; for mine: mal 1:11, mt 21:13, mr 11:17, lu 19:46, joh 4:21-23, 1ti 2:8
Verse 8
WEB The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered.”
KJV The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
TSK which: isa 11:11,12, isa 27:12,13, isa 54:7, ps 106:47, ps 107:2,3, ps 147:2, jer 30:17, jer 31:10, ho 1:11, mic 4:6, zep 3:18-20, zec 10:8-10; Yet: isa 43:6, isa 49:12,22, isa 60:3-11, isa 66:18-21, ge 49:10, joh 10:16, joh 11:52, eph 1:10, eph 2:14-16
Sharp words to the careless watchmen, the teachers and rulers of the Jews
Verse 9
WEB All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
KJV All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
TSK All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.: de 28:26, jer 12:9, eze 29:5, eze 39:17, re 19:17,18
Verse 10
WEB His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can’t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
KJV His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
TSK watchmen: isa 52:8, eze 3:17; are blind: isa 29:10, jer 14:13,14, ho 4:6, ho 9:7,8, mt 15:14, mt 23:16-26, lu 6:39,40; they are all dumb: isa 58:1, jer 6:13,14, jer 23:13,14, eze 3:15-18,26,27, eze 13:16, eze 33:6, php 3:2; loving: pr 6:4-10, pr 24:30-34, jon 1:2-6, na 3:18, mr 13:34-37
Verse 11
WEB Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can’t understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
KJV 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.
TSK Yea, they are: 1sa 2:12-17,29, eze 13:19, eze 34:2,3, mic 3:5,11, mal 1:10, ac 20:29,33, php 3:2,19, 1ti 3:3,8, tit 1:7,11, 1pe 5:2, 2pe 2:3,14,15, jude 1:11,16, re 22:15; greedy: ec 5:10; are shepherds: mic 3:6, zec 11:15-17, mt 13:14,15, joh 8:43, 2co 4:4; all look: ex 23:3, jer 22:17, 2pe 2:15,16
Verse 12
WEB “Come,” say they, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.”
KJV 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.
TSK I will: isa 5:22, isa 28:7,8, pr 31:4,5, ho 4:11, am 6:3-6, mt 24:49-51, lu 12:45,46, lu 21:34, tit 1:7; to morrow: isa 22:13,14, ps 10:6, pr 23:35, pr 27:1, jer 18:18, lu 12:19,20, 1co 15:32