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Isaiah 56: A House of Prayer for All Peoples

God said, Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near. He blessed the one who keeps the Sabbath and keeps his hand from doing evil. Foreigners who joined themselves to Yahweh should not say God would separate them from his people. God also promised eunuchs who held fast his covenant a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. Foreigners who love Yahweh's name and keep his covenant would be brought to his holy mountain, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples. God would gather others besides Israel's outcasts. But Israel's watchmen were blind, like dogs that cannot bark, lazy shepherds who only sought their own gain and wanted only wine and strong drink.

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World English Bible · 12 verses

  1. 1 Yahweh says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him, and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, in addition to his own who are gathered.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 “Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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God's House for Everyone

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Color people from many places coming to God's house to pray. God welcomes everyone.

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Bible Verse

I will bring these to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

Isaiah 56:7 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: God's house is a house of prayer for all people. People from every country are welcome to pray to God. Let's practice saying: God welcomes everyone.

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