Isaiah 56:7

—I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; 1 their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar. 1 For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations, 1

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Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

In Context

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

8this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel— 1 I will still gather others in addition to them.” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6“I myself have anointed my king 1 on Zion, my holy mountain.” 1

Isaiah 57:13When you cry out, let your collection of idols rescue you. 1 Instead the wind will carry them all away, a breath will carry them all away. 1 Yet he who takes refuge in me will inherit the land and will take possession of my holy mountain. 1

Isaiah 66:19I will set a mighty sign among them. Then I will send survivors from them to the nations: To Tarshish, Put, and Lud, archers who draw their bows, to Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands where they have not heard about me nor seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

Ezekiel 47:22So you will distribute the inheritances for yourselves and for the foreigners in your midst, those who have given birth to children in your midst and who are, with you, like the native born people of Israel. You will cast lots for inheritances among the tribes of Israel.

Zechariah 8:3Yahweh of hosts says this: I will return to Zion and will live in the midst of Jerusalem, for Jerusalem will be called The City of Truth and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called The Holy Mountain! 1

Matthew 21:13He said to them, “It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers.”

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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