Isaiah 56
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
| Book | Book of Isaiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 23 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 56 is the fifty-sixth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1][2]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 12 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant: verses 1‑12
- 4QIsah (4Q62): extant: verses 7-8
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
This chapter can be grouped into:
- Isaiah 56:1-8 = Salvation for the Gentiles
- Isaiah 56:9-12 = Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
Verse 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 daughters:
- and within my walls a place and a name
- I will give them an everlasting name,
- that shall not be cut off.[4]
- Jesus Christ speaks in similar way in Revelation 3:12
- Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.[5]
Verse 7
- 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.[6]
See also
- Related Bible parts: Jeremiah 7, Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke 19, Acts 8, Revelation 3
Notes and references
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 56:5
- ↑ Revelation 3:12
- ↑ Isaiah 56:7
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