Isaiah 56:4
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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;For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
In other translations
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;For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588כֹה׀khohthusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לַסָּרִיסִיםlasarisimto the eunuchsH5631אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834יִשְׁמְרוּyishmeruthey keepH8104אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שַׁבְּתוֹתַיshabetotaisabbaths myH7676וּבָחֲרוּuvacharuand they chooseH977בַּאֲשֶׁרba'asher<in> [that] whichH834חָפָצְתִּיchafatzetiI desireH2654וּמַחֲזִיקִיםumachazikimand [they are] keeping holdH2388בִּבְרִיתִי׃bivrition covenant myH1285
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- Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Isaiah 27:5Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.”
- Luke 10:42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
- Isaiah 56:6Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
- 2 Samuel 23:5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Isaiah 56:2Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.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.”
- Hebrews 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
- Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
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