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I will give them, in my house
    and within my walls, a monument and a name[a]
Better than sons and daughters;
    an eternal name, which shall not be cut off, will I give them.

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Footnotes

  1. 56:5 A monument and a name: literally in Hebrew, “a hand and a name”; a memorial inscription to prevent oblivion for one who had no children; cf. 2 Sm 18:18; Neh 7:5; 13:14.

to them I will give within my temple and its walls(A)
    a memorial(B) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(C)
    that will endure forever.(D)

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