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<a href="/nkjv/isaiah/56.htm">New King James Version</a> “Also the sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants— Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant— <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/56.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, To attend to His service and to love the name of the LORD, To be His servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it, And holds firmly to My covenant; <a href="/nasb/isaiah/56.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the LORD, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant; <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/56.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the LORD, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath, And holds fast My covenant; <a href="/lsb/isaiah/56.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh, To be His slaves, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And takes hold of My covenant, <a href="/amp/isaiah/56.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the LORD, To be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it And holds fast to My covenant [by conscientious obedience]; <a href="/csb/isaiah/56.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> As for the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to become his servants — all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to my covenant — <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/56.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD minister to Him, love the name of Yahweh and become His servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to My covenant— <a href="/asv/isaiah/56.htm">American Standard Version</a> Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant; <a href="/cev/isaiah/56.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Foreigners will follow me. They will love me and worship in my name; they will respect the Sabbath and keep our agreement. <a href="/erv/isaiah/56.htm">English Revised Version</a> Also the strangers, that join themselves to the LORD, to minister unto him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by my covenant; <a href="/gwt/isaiah/56.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> And [I will remember] the foreigners who have joined the LORD to worship him, to love the LORD's name, and to be his servants. All of them will keep the day of worship from becoming unholy and will faithfully observe the conditions of my promise. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/56.htm">Good News Translation</a> And the LORD says to those foreigners who become part of his people, who love him and serve him, who observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep his covenant: <a href="/isv/isaiah/56.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Also, the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, and to bless the LORD'S name, observing the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold fast my covenant— <a href="/net/isaiah/56.htm">NET Bible</a> As for foreigners who become followers of 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 my covenant-- <a href="/nheb/isaiah/56.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant; <a href="/wbt/isaiah/56.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and taketh hold of my covenant;<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/isaiah/56.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— <a href="/web/isaiah/56.htm">World English Bible</a> Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him, and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/56.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And sons of the stranger, who are joined to YHWH, "" To serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, "" To be for servants to Him, "" All keeping from defiling the Sabbath, "" And those keeping hold on My covenant, <a href="/ylt/isaiah/56.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and to love the name of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath from polluting it, And those keeping hold on My covenant. <a href="/slt/isaiah/56.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the sons of the stranger joining themselves to Jehovah to serve him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be to him for servants, every one watching the Sabbath from defiling it, and taking hold upon my covenant;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/56.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the children of the stranger that adhere to the Lord, to worship him, and to love his name, to be his servants: every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and that holdeth fast my covenant: <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/56.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the sons of the new arrival, who adhere to the Lord so as to worship him and to love his name, shall be his servants: all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold to my covenant. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/56.htm">New American Bible</a> And foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, To love the name of the LORD, to become his servants— All who keep the sabbath without profaning it and hold fast to my covenant, <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/56.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it, and hold fast my covenant—<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/56.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Also to the sons of the strangers who follow the LORD, to serve him and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath and takes hold of my covenant, <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/56.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And to the foreign children who follow LORD JEHOVAH for his service and to love the name of LORD JEHOVAH, and they who will be Servants to him, everyone who also keeps the Sabbath that he will not break it, and they are empowered in my covenant<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/56.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Also the aliens, that join themselves to the LORD, to minister unto Him, And to love the name of the LORD, To be His servants, Every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, And holdeth fast by My covenant: <a href="/sep/isaiah/56.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will give it to the strangers that attach themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be to him servants and handmaids; and as for all that keep my sabbaths from profaning them, and that take hold of my covenant; <a href="/parallel/isaiah/56-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=12482" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/56.htm">Salvation for Foreigners</a> …5I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. 6<a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇə·nê (Conj-w:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">And the foreigners</a> <a href="/hebrew/5236.htm" title="5236: han·nê·ḵār (Art:: N-ms) -- That which is foreign, foreignness. From nakar; foreign, or a foreigner, or heathendom."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3867.htm" title="3867: han·nil·wîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. to unite, to remain; also to borrow or To lend.">who join</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">themselves to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm" title="8334: lə·šā·rə·ṯōw (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3ms) -- To minister, serve. A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to.">to minister to Him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ū·lə·’a·hă·ḇāh (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">to love</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">the name</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and to be</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">His</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">servants—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šō·mêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">who keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·bāṯ (N-cs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">the Sabbath</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: mê·ḥal·lə·lōw (Prep-m:: V-Piel-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">without profaning it</a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: ū·ma·ḥă·zî·qîm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">and who hold fast</a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: biḇ·rî·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">to My covenant—</a> 7I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. / And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Isaiah 14:1</a> For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. <a href="/isaiah/60-3.htm">Isaiah 60:3</a> Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Isaiah 66:18-21</a> “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. / I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. / And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.” ... <a href="/zechariah/2-11.htm">Zechariah 2:11</a> “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. <a href="/zechariah/8-20.htm">Zechariah 8:20-23</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— / and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ / And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.” ... <a href="/psalms/86-9.htm">Psalm 86:9</a> All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name. <a href="/psalms/22-27.htm">Psalm 22:27</a> All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him. <a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a> “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. <a href="/jeremiah/32-38.htm">Jeremiah 32:38-40</a> They will be My people, and I will be their God. / I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. / I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me. <a href="/acts/10-34.htm">Acts 10:34-35</a> Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism, / but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right. <a href="/acts/15-14.htm">Acts 15:14-17</a> Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own. / The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written: / ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, ... <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ... <a href="/romans/15-9.htm">Romans 15:9-12</a> so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.” / Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” / And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant;join<a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Isaiah 56:3</a> Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.<a href="/isaiah/44-5.htm">Isaiah 44:5</a> One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.<a href="/jeremiah/50-5.htm">Jeremiah 50:5</a> They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.to love<a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Mark 12:30-34</a> And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment… <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a> And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.<a href="/1_corinthians/16-22.htm">1 Corinthians 16:22</a> If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.every<a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Isaiah 56:2</a> Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.<a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Isaiah 58:13</a> If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:<a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a> I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Country</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Desecrating</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-15.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Join</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Keepeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-8.htm">Love</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-9.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Polluting</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-17.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Aliens</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-13.htm">Country</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Desecrating</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-1.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-18.htm">Holds</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-8.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-18.htm">Join</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm">Keepeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-5.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Polluting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-13.htm">Sabbath</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 56</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm">The prophet exhorts to sanctification</a> 3. <a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm">He promises it shall be general, without respect of persons</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">He protests against blind watchmen</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the Old Testament, foreigners were often seen as outsiders, but here they are invited to join the community of believers. This foreshadows the New Testament message of salvation for all nations (<a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>). The Hebrew term for "join" implies a strong commitment, akin to a covenant relationship, similar to Ruth's declaration to Naomi (<a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Ruth 1:16</a>).to minister to Him The role of ministering to God was traditionally reserved for the Levites, but this passage opens it to foreigners, indicating a shift towards a more inclusive worship. This anticipates the New Testament priesthood of all believers (<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>). Ministering involves acts of worship, service, and devotion, reflecting a heart committed to God.to love the name of the LORD Loving God's name signifies reverence and devotion. In Hebrew culture, a name represents one's character and essence. Loving God's name means embracing His nature and commandments. This aligns with the greatest commandment to love God with all one's heart, soul, and mind (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a>; <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37</a>).and to be His servants Being a servant of God implies obedience and dedication. This echoes the call to servanthood seen throughout Scripture, where true greatness is found in serving others (<a href="/mark/10-43.htm">Mark 10:43-45</a>). It also reflects the life of Jesus, the ultimate servant (<a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7</a>).all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it The Sabbath was a sign of the covenant between God and Israel (<a href="/exodus/31-13.htm">Exodus 31:13</a>). Keeping it holy was a demonstration of faithfulness and trust in God's provision. For foreigners to observe the Sabbath signifies their full integration into the covenant community. This also points to the rest found in Christ, who is the Lord of the Sabbath (<a href="/matthew/12-8.htm">Matthew 12:8</a>).and who hold fast to My covenant Holding fast to the covenant involves faithfulness and adherence to God's laws. This phrase emphasizes the importance of commitment and loyalty to God's promises. It connects to the New Covenant established through Jesus' sacrifice, which is open to all who believe (<a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm">Hebrews 8:6-13</a>). The call to hold fast is a recurring theme, urging believers to remain steadfast in their faith (<a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a> Non-Israelites who choose to follow the God of Israel. This term highlights the inclusivity of God's covenant, extending beyond ethnic Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. It is to Him that the foreigners are joining themselves. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sabbath.htm">Sabbath</a> A day of rest and worship, instituted by God as a sign of His covenant with Israel. Observance of the Sabbath is a key aspect of faithfulness to God's covenant. 4. <a href="/topical/c/covenant.htm">Covenant</a> The binding agreement between God and His people, which includes promises and obligations. In this context, it refers to the broader covenantal relationship that God offers to all who follow Him. 5. <a href="/topical/s/servants.htm">Servants</a> Those who dedicate themselves to serving God, indicating a life of devotion and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_of_god's_covenant.htm">Inclusivity of God's Covenant</a> God's covenant is open to all who choose to follow Him, regardless of their ethnic background. This challenges us to embrace diversity within the body of Christ. <a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_worship_and_service.htm">Commitment to Worship and Service</a> Joining oneself to the LORD involves a commitment to worship and serve Him. This calls us to evaluate our dedication to God in our daily lives. <a href="/topical/o/observance_of_the_sabbath.htm">Observance of the Sabbath</a> Keeping the Sabbath is a sign of faithfulness to God. While the specific observance may vary, the principle of rest and worship remains vital. <a href="/topical/h/holding_fast_to_god's_covenant.htm">Holding Fast to God's Covenant</a> Faithfulness to God's covenant requires perseverance and dedication. We are encouraged to hold fast to our faith, even in challenging times.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_56.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 56</a> <a href="/q/any_records_of_foreigners_in_temple.htm">Are there any historical or archaeological records supporting Isaiah 56’s inclusive vision of foreigners worshiping in the Temple? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_56_6-7_fit_earlier_covenants.htm">How does Isaiah 56:6–7 reconcile with verses that depict Israel’s exclusive covenant in earlier chapters of Isaiah? </a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_'one_shepherd,_one_flock'.htm">What does "One Shepherd and One Flock" mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_ezekiel_44_9_and_other_passages_align.htm">In Ezekiel 44:9, foreigners are barred from the sanctuary, yet other passages invite them to worship—how can these conflicting views on outsiders be reconciled? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/56.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Also the sons of the stranger . . .--Proselytes also were to share in the blessings of the wider covenant. The words "to serve him" have been referred to some menial offices like that of the Nethinim, "hewers of wood and drawers of water" (<a href="/joshua/9-27.htm" title="And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.">Joshua 9:27</a>; <a href="/ezra/8-20.htm" title="Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.">Ezra 8:20</a>). The usage of the word, however, limits it to honourable functions. The germ of Isaiah's thought appears in Solomon's dedication prayer (<a href="/context/1_kings/8-41.htm" title="Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name's sake;">1Kings 8:41-43</a>). It receives its highest development (in its entire separation from the building with which there and here it is associated), in <a href="/john/4-23.htm" title="But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him.">John 4:23</a>. Comp. a further emancipation from the bondage of the law in <a href="/isaiah/66-21.htm" title="And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, said the LORD.">Isaiah 66:21</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/56.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Also the sons of the stranger (comp. ver. 3). The proselytes shall not be treated as they fear. On the contrary, God will treat them in exactly the same way as his original people - will conduct them to Palestine, settle them in his "holy mountain," admit them to the temple services, accept their burnt offerings and their sacrifices. All this will be a foretaste of their position in the Christian Church, where there will be neither Jew nor Gentile, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, but a community where all are brethren and all have equal privileges. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/56-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And the foreigners וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son who join הַנִּלְוִ֤ים (han·nil·wîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3867.htm">Strong's 3867: </a> To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend themselves to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to minister to Him, לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ (lə·šā·rə·ṯōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8334.htm">Strong's 8334: </a> To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to to love וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ (ū·lə·’a·hă·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f the name שֵׁ֣ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name of the LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and to be לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be His servants— לַעֲבָדִ֑ים (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who keep שֹׁמֵ֤ר (šō·mêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the Sabbath שַׁבָּת֙ (šab·bāṯ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath without profaning it מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ (mê·ḥal·lə·lōw) Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play and who hold fast וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖ים (ū·ma·ḥă·zî·qîm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer to My covenant— בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃ (biḇ·rî·ṯî) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> A covenant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 56:6 Also the foreigners who join themselves (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 56:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 56:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 56:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 56:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>