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Isaiah 56:1--57:21

56:1

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Keep
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ye judgment
<04941>_,

and do
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justice
<06666>_:

for my salvation
<03444>

[is] near
<07138>

to come
<0935> (8800)_,

and my righteousness
<06666>

to be revealed
<01540> (8736)_.

{judgment: or, equity}

56:2

Blessed
<0835>

[is] the man
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[that] doeth
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this, and the son
<01121>

of man
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[that] layeth hold
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on it; that keepeth
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the sabbath
<07676>

from polluting
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it, and keepeth
<08104> (8802)

his hand
<03027>

from doing
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any evil
<07451>_.

56:3

Neither let the son
<01121>

of the stranger
<05236>_,

that hath joined
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himself to the LORD
<03068>_,

speak
<0559> (8799)_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The LORD
<03068>

hath utterly
<0914> (8687)

separated
<0914> (8686)

me from his people
<05971>_:

neither let the eunuch
<05631>

say
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, I [am] a dry
<03002>

tree
<06086>_.

56:4

For thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

unto the eunuchs
<05631>

that keep
<08104> (8799)

my sabbaths
<07676>_,

and choose
<0977> (8804)

[the things] that please
<02654> (8804)

me, and take hold
<02388> (8688)

of my covenant
<01285>_;

56:5

Even unto them will I give
<05414> (8804)

in mine house
<01004>

and within my walls
<02346>

a place
<03027>

and a name
<08034>

better
<02896>

than of sons
<01121>

and of daughters
<01323>_:

I will give
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them an everlasting
<05769>

name
<08034>_,

that shall not be cut off
<03772> (8735)_.

56:6

Also the sons
<01121>

of the stranger
<05236>_,

that join
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themselves to the LORD
<03068>_,

to serve
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him, and to love
<0157> (8800)

the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to be his servants
<05650>_,

every one that keepeth
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the sabbath
<07676>

from polluting
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it, and taketh hold
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of my covenant
<01285>_;

56:7

Even them will I bring
<0935> (8689)

to my holy
<06944>

mountain
<02022>_,

and make them joyful
<08055> (8765)

in my house
<01004>

of prayer
<08605>_:

their burnt offerings
<05930>

and their sacrifices
<02077>

[shall be] accepted
<07522>

upon mine altar
<04196>_;

for mine house
<01004>

shall be called
<07121> (8735)

an house
<01004>

of prayer
<08605>

for all people
<05971>_.

56:8

The Lord
<0136>

GOD
<03069>

which gathereth
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the outcasts
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of Israel
<03478>

saith
<05002> (8803)_,

Yet will I gather
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[others] to him, beside those that are gathered
<06908> (8737)

unto him. {beside...: Heb. to his gathered}

56:9

All ye beasts
<02416>

of the field
<07704>_,

come
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to devour
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[yea], all ye beasts
<02416>

in the forest
<03293>_.

56:10

His watchmen
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[are] blind
<05787>_:

they are all ignorant
<03045> (8804)_,

they [are] all dumb
<0483>

dogs
<03611>_,

they cannot
<03201> (8799)

bark
<05024> (8800)_;

sleeping
<01957> (8802)_,

lying down
<07901> (8802)_,

loving
<0157> (8802)

to slumber
<05123> (8800)_.

{sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep}

56:11

Yea, [they are] greedy
<05794> <05315>

dogs
<03611>

[which] can
<03045> (8804)

never have
<03045> (8804)

enough
<07654>_,

and they [are] shepherds
<07462> (8802)

[that] cannot understand
<0995> (8687)_:

they all look
<06437> (8804)

to their own way
<01870>_,

every one
<0376>

for his gain
<01215>_,

from his quarter
<07097>_.

{greedy: Heb. strong of appetite} {can...: Heb. know not to be satisfied}

56:12

Come
<0857> (8798)

ye, [say they], I will fetch
<03947> (8799)

wine
<03196>_,

and we will fill
<05433> (8799)

ourselves with strong drink
<07941>_;

and to morrow
<04279>

shall be as this day
<03117>_,

[and] much
<03966>

more
<03499>

abundant
<01419>_.

57:1

The righteous
<06662>

perisheth
<06> (8804)_,

and no man
<0376>

layeth
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[it] to heart
<03820>_:

and merciful
<02617>

men
<0582>

[are] taken away
<0622> (8737)_,

none considering
<0995> (8688)

that the righteous
<06662>

is taken away
<0622> (8738)

from
<06440>

the evil
<07451>

[to come]. {merciful...: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness} {from...: or, from that which is evil}

57:2

He shall enter
<0935> (8799)

into peace
<07965>_:

they shall rest
<05117> (8799)

in their beds
<04904>_,

[each one] walking
<01980> (8802)

[in] his uprightness
<05228>_.

{enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}

57:3

But draw near
<07126> (8798)

hither, ye sons
<01121>

of the sorceress
<06049> (8781)_,

the seed
<02233>

of the adulterer
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and the whore
<02181> (8799)_.

57:4

Against whom do ye sport
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yourselves? against whom make ye a wide
<07337> (8686)

mouth
<06310>_,

[and] draw out
<0748> (8686)

the tongue
<03956>_?

[are] ye not children
<03206>

of transgression
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a seed
<02233>

of falsehood
<08267>_,

57:5

Enflaming
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yourselves with idols
<0410>

under every green
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tree
<06086>_,

slaying
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the children
<03206>

in the valleys
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under the clifts
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of the rocks
<05553>_?

{with...: or, among the oaks}

57:6

Among the smooth
<02511>

[stones] of the stream
<05158>

[is] thy portion
<02506>_;

they, they [are] thy lot
<01486>_:

even to them hast thou poured
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a drink offering
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thou hast offered
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a meat offering
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Should I receive comfort
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in these?

57:7

Upon a lofty
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and high
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mountain
<02022>

hast thou set
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thy bed
<04904>_:

even thither wentest thou up
<05927> (8804)

to offer
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sacrifice
<02077>_.

57:8

Behind
<0310>

the doors
<01817>

also and the posts
<04201>

hast thou set up
<07760> (8804)

thy remembrance
<02146>_:

for thou hast discovered
<01540> (8765)

[thyself to another] than me, and art gone up
<05927> (8799)_;

thou hast enlarged
<07337> (8689)

thy bed
<04904>_,

and made
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thee [a covenant] with them; thou lovedst
<0157> (8804)

their bed
<04904>

where
<03027>

thou sawest
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[it]. {made...: or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs} {where...: or, thou providedst room}

57:9

And thou wentest
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to the king
<04428>

with ointment
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and didst increase
<07235> (8686)

thy perfumes
<07547>_,

and didst send
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thy messengers
<06735>

far off
<07350>_,

and didst debase
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[thyself even] unto hell
<07585>_.

{thou...: or, thou respectedst}

57:10

Thou art wearied
<03021> (8804)

in the greatness
<07230>

of thy way
<01870>_;

[yet] saidst
<0559> (8804)

thou not, There is no hope
<02976> (8737)_:

thou hast found
<04672> (8804)

the life
<02416>

of thine hand
<03027>_;

therefore thou wast not grieved
<02470> (8804)_.

{life: or, living}

57:11

And of whom hast thou been afraid
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or feared
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that thou hast lied
<03576> (8762)_,

and hast not remembered
<02142> (8804)

me, nor laid
<07760> (8804)

[it] to thy heart
<03820>_?

have not I held my peace
<02814> (8688)

even of old
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and thou fearest
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me not?

57:12

I will declare
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thy righteousness
<06666>_,

and thy works
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for they shall not profit
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thee.

57:13

When thou criest
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let thy companies
<06899>

deliver
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thee; but the wind
<07307>

shall carry them all away
<05375> (8799)_;

vanity
<01892>

shall take
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[them]: but he that putteth his trust
<02620> (8802)

in me shall possess
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the land
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and shall inherit
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my holy
<06944>

mountain
<02022>_;

57:14

And shall say
<0559> (8804)_,

Cast ye up
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cast ye up
<05549> (8798)_,

prepare
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the way
<01870>_,

take up
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the stumblingblock
<04383>

out of the way
<01870>

of my people
<05971>_.

57:15

For thus saith
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the high
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and lofty One
<05375> (8737)

that inhabiteth
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eternity
<05703>_,

whose name
<08034>

[is] Holy
<06918>_;

I dwell
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in the high
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and holy
<06918>

[place], with him also [that is] of a contrite
<01793>

and humble
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spirit
<07307>_,

to revive
<02421> (8687)

the spirit
<07307>

of the humble
<08217>_,

and to revive
<02421> (8687)

the heart
<03820>

of the contrite ones
<01792> (8737)_.

57:16

For I will not contend
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for ever
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neither will I be always
<05331>

wroth
<07107> (8799)_:

for the spirit
<07307>

should fail
<05848> (8799)

before
<06440>

me, and the souls
<05397>

[which] I have made
<06213> (8804)_.

57:17

For the iniquity
<05771>

of his covetousness
<01215>

was I wroth
<07107> (8804)_,

and smote
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him: I hid
<05641> (8687)

me, and was wroth
<07107> (8799)_,

and he went on
<03212> (8799)

frowardly
<07726>

in the way
<01870>

of his heart
<03820>_.

{frowardly: Heb. turning away}

57:18

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

his ways
<01870>_,

and will heal
<07495> (8799)

him: I will lead
<05148> (8686)

him also, and restore
<07999> (8762)

comforts
<05150>

unto him and to his mourners
<057>_.

57:19

I create
<01254> (8802)

the fruit
<05108>

of the lips
<08193>_;

Peace
<07965>_,

peace
<07965>

to [him that is] far off
<07350>_,

and to [him that is] near
<07138>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_;

and I will heal
<07495> (8804)

him.

57:20

But the wicked
<07563>

[are] like the troubled
<01644> (8737)

sea
<03220>_,

when it cannot
<03201> (8799)

rest
<08252> (8687)_,

whose waters
<04325>

cast up
<01644> (8799)

mire
<07516>

and dirt
<02916>_.

57:21

[There is] no peace
<07965>_,

saith
<0559> (8804)

my God
<0430>_,

to the wicked
<07563>_.