56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, 1
the people who commit themselves to obedience, 2
who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. 3
1 tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”
2 tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”
3 tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
4 tn Heb “new moon.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
5 tn Heb “all flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NAB, NASB, NIV “all mankind”; NLT “All humanity.”
6 tn Or “bow down before” (NASB).