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Isaiah 56 Majority Standard Bible

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1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed. 2 Blessed 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.” 3 Let 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.” 4 For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant— 5 I 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. 6 And 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— 7 I 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.” 8 Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.” 9 Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. 10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. 11 Like 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: 12 “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

Cross references (12)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Romans 13:11–14; Psalm 85:9; Matthew 3:2; Isaiah 1:16–19; Romans 1:17
  2. 2 Exodus 31:13–16; Isaiah 58:13; Psalm 112:1; Ezekiel 20:12; Luke 11:28
  3. 3 1 Corinthians 6:17; Matthew 19:12–30; Acts 10:34; Jeremiah 50:5; Numbers 18:4
  4. 4 Joshua 24:15; Psalm 119:111; Luke 10:42; Isaiah 27:5; Isaiah 56:6
  5. 5 Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:5; 1 John 3:1; John 1:12; 1 Timothy 3:15
  6. 6 Jeremiah 50:5; Isaiah 58:13; Isaiah 56:2–4; Galatians 5:6; James 2:5
  7. 7 Mark 11:17; Isaiah 2:2–3; Malachi 1:11; Luke 19:46; Matthew 21:13
  8. 8 John 10:16; Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 60:3–11; Zechariah 10:8–10; Ephesians 2:14–16
  9. 9 Jeremiah 12:9; Deuteronomy 28:26; Isaiah 18:6; Ezekiel 39:17; Ezekiel 29:5
  10. 10 Isaiah 29:10; Ezekiel 33:6; Matthew 15:14; Philippians 3:2; Isaiah 58:1
  11. 11 Ezekiel 34:2–3; Ezekiel 13:19; John 8:43; Micah 3:11; Micah 3:5–6
  12. 12 Psalm 10:6; Luke 12:19–20; Proverbs 27:1; Isaiah 5:22; Proverbs 23:35

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 56:5 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 22–24)

    The seed, then, and the name of the saints shall remain in that blessedness,--the seed, to wit, of which John says, "And his seed remaineth in him;" and the name, of which it was said through Isaiah himself, "I will give them an everlasting name." "And there shall be to them month after month, and Sabbath after Sabbath," as if …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 56:7 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXVII)

    Wherefore also He Himself sets up Isaiah against them as an accuser, saying, "My house shall be called a house of prayer." But not in this way only doth He show His authority, but also by His healing divers infirmities.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 56:10 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXVIII)

    … another Psalm also said, "They shall be turned at even, and hunger they shall suffer as dogs." For even some dogs have been reproved by the Prophet Isaiah, not because they were dogs, but because they knew not how to bark, and loved to sleep. In which place indeed he hath shown, that if they had watched and barked for …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 56:10 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXXII)

    For of these it is said elsewhere, "Dumb dogs, they know not how to bark." Of them too is that said, "Lo, how the righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart." He perished as far as lay in them who would have Him to perish; for how could He perish by dying, who in that way rather was …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)