Isaiah 56:5-7
New English Translation
5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument[a]
that will be better than sons and daughters.
I will set up a permanent monument[b] for them that will remain.
6 As for foreigners who become followers of[c] the Lord and serve him,
who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants—
all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
and who are faithful to[d] my covenant—
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;
I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me.[e]
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,
for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”[f]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:5 tn Heb “a hand and a name.” For other examples where יָד (yad) refers to a monument, see HALOT 388 s.v.
- Isaiah 56:5 tn Heb “name” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
- Isaiah 56:6 tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”
- Isaiah 56:6 tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”
- Isaiah 56:7 tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”
- Isaiah 56:7 tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Isaiah 56:5-7
New International Version
5 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)
6 And foreigners(E) who bind themselves to the Lord
to minister(F) to him,
to love the name(G) of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath(H) without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain(I)
and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(J)
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations.(K)”(L)
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