Isaiah 56:5

to them I will set up in my house and within my walls a monument that is better than having sons and of daughters. 1 I will give them an everlasting monument that will never be cut off. 1

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In The King James Version

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

In Context

4For this is what Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths 1 and choose what pleases me, and hold fast my covenant, 1

6Also foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh— 1 to serve him, and who love the name of Yahweh, to worship him, 1 every one who observes the Sabbath and who keeps from defiling it, and who holds fast my covenant 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 1 We have a strong city; God has made salvation its walls and ramparts. 1

Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbushes, the cypress will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, 1 and it will be for Yahweh, for his name, as an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”

Isaiah 62:12They will call you, “The holy people; the redeemed of Yahweh,” and you will be called “Sought after; a city not abandoned.”

John 1:12But to as many as received him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

1 Timothy 3:15But if I delay, I am writing so that you may know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

1 John 3:1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and this is what we are. For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know him. + 3:1 Some older versions leave out, and this is what we are .

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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