Isaiah 56
1 thus to say LORD to keep: obey justice and to make: do righteousness for near salvation my to/for to come (in): come and righteousness my to/for to reveal: reveal
The LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 blessed human to make: do this and son: child man to strengthen: hold in/on/with her to keep: obey Sabbath from to profane/begin: profane him and to keep: obey hand his from to make: do all bad: evil
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 and not to say son: type of [the] foreign [the] to join to(wards) LORD to/for to say to separate to separate me LORD from upon people his and not to say [the] eunuch look! I tree dry
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD speak, saying, “The LORD will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
4 for thus to say LORD to/for eunuch which to keep: obey [obj] Sabbath my and to choose in/on/with in which to delight in and to strengthen: hold in/on/with covenant my
For the LORD says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
5 and to give: give to/for them in/on/with house: temple my and in/on/with wall my hand: monument and name pleasant from son: child and from daughter name forever: enduring to give: give to/for him which not to cut: eliminate
I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
6 and son: type of [the] foreign [the] to join upon LORD to/for to minister him and to/for to love: lover [obj] name LORD to/for to be to/for him to/for servant/slave all to keep: obey Sabbath from to profane/begin: profane him and to strengthen: hold in/on/with covenant my
Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to serve him, and to love the LORD’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,
7 and to come (in): bring them to(wards) mountain: mount holiness my and to rejoice them in/on/with house: temple prayer my burnt offering their and sacrifice their to/for acceptance upon altar my for house: temple my house: temple prayer to call: call by to/for all [the] people
I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
8 utterance Lord YHWH/God to gather to banish Israel still to gather upon him to/for to gather him
The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, in addition to his own who are gathered.”
9 all living thing field to come to/for to eat all living thing in/on/with wood
All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.
10 (to watch him *Q(K)*) blind all their not to know all their dog mute not be able to/for to bark to dream to lie down: lay down to love: lover to/for to slumber
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 and [the] dog strong soul: appetite not to know satiety and they(masc.) to pasture not to know to understand all their to/for way: conduct their to turn man: anyone to/for unjust-gain his from end his
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
12 to come to take: take wine and to imbibe strong drink and to be like/as this day: today tomorrow great: large remainder much
“Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”
