Isaiah 56:6-7

Salvation for Foreigners

6 "And y the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone x who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant -
7 d these I will bring to e my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
f their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for g my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples."

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 56:3
    Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, "The Lord will surely separate me from his people"; and let not the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 56:2
    Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:1
    I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that was not called by my name.
    Isaiah 19:24 - 25
    In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:2
    It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 15:16
    To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 21:13
    He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers.
    Mark 11:17
    And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a den of robbers.
    Luke 19:46
    Saying to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers.
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