Isaiah 56:4

For Adonai says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Shab'totay ·Intermissions·, 2 and choose the things that please me, 2 and hold fast to my covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·: 1

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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

3Let no foreigner, who has joined himself to Adonai, speak, saying, 2 “ Adonai will surely separate me from his people.” 2 Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” 1

5I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. 2 I will give them an everlasting name, that will not be cut off. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 25:10כּ All the paths of Adonai are chesed ·loving-kindness· and truth 2 to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 1

Isaiah 27:5Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”

Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, 2 and the son of man who holds it fast; 1 who keeps the Shabath ·Intermission· without profaning it, 2 and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” 1

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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