Isaiah 56

1 Yahweh says [to all the people of Judah], “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue [DOU] you.

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

2 I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who (keep sacred/honor) my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from [MTY] doing anything that is evil.

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

3 And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘[Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh]; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’

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

4 They should not say that, because [I], Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all [the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people]:

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

5 I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument [DOU] to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever.

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

6 I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who (join themselves to/believe in) me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey [all the other laws of] the agreement that I [made with the Israeli people].

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

7 I will bring them to my sacred hill [in Jerusalem], I will cause them to be [very] joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn [on my altar] and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me.

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

8 [I], Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been (forced to go/exiled) to other countries, say this: 'I will bring [from other countries] many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.'”

utterance Lord YHWH/God to gather to banish Israel still to gather upon him to/for to gather him

9 “You [surrounding nations have armies that are like] [MET] animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy [Israel]!

all living thing field to come to/for to eat all living thing in/on/with wood

10 The Israeli leaders [should be like] watchdogs to protect the people, but [it is as though] they are blind. They are stupid. They are all [like] [MET] dogs that cannot bark. [Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach], [but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming]. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.

(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

11 [And they are like] greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are [supposed to lead the people, like good] shepherds [lead their flocks], but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do.

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

12 They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and [other] alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’”

to come to take: take wine and to imbibe strong drink and to be like/as this day: today tomorrow great: large remainder much