Also the strangers that cleave unto the Lord, to serve him, and to love the Name of the Lord, and to be his servants; everyone that keepeth the Sabbath, and polluteth it not, and embraceth my covenant,

Them will I bring also to mine holy mountain, and make them joyful in mine House of prayer; their burnt [a]offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar: for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for [b]all people.

The Lord God saith, which gathereth the scattered of Israel, Yet will I gather to them those that are to be gathered to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:7 Hereby he meaneth the spiritual service of God, to whom the faithful offer continual thanksgiving, yea themselves and all that they have, as a lively and acceptable sacrifice.
  2. Isaiah 56:7 Not only for the Jews, but for all others, Matt. 21:13.

And foreigners(A) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister(B) to him,
to love the name(C) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath(D) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
these I will bring to my holy mountain(E)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(F)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.(G)(H)
The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(I) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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