Isaiah 56:4

For thus saith Hashem 1 unto the sarisim that are shomer Shabbos over My Shabbatot, 1 and choose the things that please Me, 1 and hold fast to My Brit: 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

In Context

3Neither let the ben hanekhar, 1 that hath joined himself to Hashem, speak, saying: 1 Hashem hath utterly separated me from His people; 1 neither let the saris say: 1 See, I am an etz yavesh (dry tree). 1

5Even unto them will I give in Mine Bais + 56:5 HaMikdash 1 within My chomot a yad vashem tov 1 better than of banim and of banot; 1 I will give them a Shem Olam, 1 that shall not be yikaret (cut off). 1

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Cross References

Joshua 24:15And if it seem rah unto you to serve Hashem, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the elohim which Avoteichem served that were on the other side of the River, or the elohei HaEmori, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my bais, we will serve Hashem.

Psalms 25:10[Kaph] All the paths of Hashem are chesed and emes 1 unto such as keep His Brit (covenant) and His Edot 1 (covenant demands, urgings, reminders, testimonies). 1

Isaiah 27:5Or let him + 27:5 the enemy of My vineyard, the “brier” or “thorn” take hold of My ma'oz (stronghold, protection) 1 that he may make shalom with Me; 1 yes, he shall make shalom with Me. 1

Isaiah 56:2Ashrei enosh that doeth this, 1 and the ben adam that layeth hold on it; 1 that is shomer Shabbos avoiding chillul Shabbos, 1 and is shomer to keep his yad from doing kol rah. 1

Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the derech to Tziyon with their faces turned toward it, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to Hashem in a Brit Olam that shall not be forgotten.

Hebrews 6:17Similarly, when Hashem wanted to demonstrate even more emphatically to the yoreshim (heirs) of the havtachah (promise) the unchangeableness of his willed tachlis (purpose), Hashem guaranteed it with a shevu'ah,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 56:4-9

Encouragement to the Sincere; Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 3 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. 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of… Read the whole commentary →

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