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align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Christian Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/csb/esv/isaiah/56.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><section epub:type="chapter" id="csb-Isaiah.56" /><h3 class="head1">A House of Prayer for All</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Preserve justice and do what is right,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">for my salvation is coming soon,</p><p class="poem">and my righteousness will be revealed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Happy is the person who does this,</p><p class="poem">the son of man who holds it fast,</p><p class="poem">who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,</p><p class="poem">and keeps his hand from doing any evil.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>No foreigner who has joined himself to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">should say,</p><p class="poem">“The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will exclude me from his people,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the eunuch should not say,</p><p class="poem">“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says this:</p><p class="poem">“For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,</p><p class="poem">and choose what pleases me,</p><p class="poem">and hold firmly to my covenant,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will give them, in my house and within my walls,</p><p class="poem">a memorial and a name</p><p class="poem">better than sons and daughters.</p><p class="poem">I will give each of them an everlasting name</p><p class="poem">that will never be cut off.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As for the foreigners who join themselves to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></p><p class="poem">to minister to him, to love the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">and to become his servants —</p><p class="poem">all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it</p><p class="poem">and who hold firmly to my covenant —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will bring them to my holy mountain<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and let them rejoice in my house of prayer.</p><p class="poem">Their burnt offerings and sacrifices</p><p class="poem">will be acceptable on my altar,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">for my house will be called a house of prayer</p><p class="poem">for all nations.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>This is the declaration of the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span>,</p><p class="poem">who gathers the dispersed of Israel:</p><p class="poem">“I will gather to them still others</p><p class="poem">besides those already gathered.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Unrighteous Leaders Condemned</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All you animals of the field and forest,</p><p class="poem">come and eat!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Israel’s<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.56.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> watchmen<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> are blind, all of them,</p><p class="poem">they know nothing;</p><p class="poem">all of them are mute dogs,</p><p class="poem">they cannot bark;</p><p class="poem">they dream, lie down,</p><p class="poem">and love to sleep.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>These dogs have fierce appetites;</p><p class="poem">they never have enough.</p><p class="poem">And they are shepherds</p><p class="poem">who have no discernment;</p><p class="poem">all of them turn to their own way,</p><p class="poem">every last one for his own profit.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.56.12" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Come, let me get some wine,</p><p class="poem">let’s guzzle some beer;</p><p class="poem">and tomorrow will be like today,</p><p class="poem">only far better! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.56.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.56" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.56.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.10">56:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">His</span>, or <span class="italic">Its</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.56" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.1">56:1</a></span> Gn 18:19; Ps 106:3; Pr 21:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.1">56:1</a></span> Ps 98:2; Is 46:13; 51:5; Rm 1:17; 3:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.2">56:2</a></span> Is 58:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.3">56:3</a></span> Is 14:1; 56:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.3">56:3</a></span> Dt 23:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.5">56:5</a></span> Is 55:13; Rv 2:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.7">56:7</a></span> Is 2:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.7">56:7</a></span> Mal 1:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.7">56:7</a></span> Jr 7:11; Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.8">56:8</a></span> Is 11:12; 60:3–11; 66:18–21; Jn 10:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.10">56:10</a></span> Ezk 3:17–18; 33:1–6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.11">56:11</a></span> Jr 10:21; 23:1; 50:6; Ezk 34:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.56.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.56.12">56:12</a></span> Lk 12:19; 1Co 15:32</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.56" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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