이사야 Chapter 56

Translation: ESV

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Thus says the LORD: 'Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my righteousness be revealed.'

Key Message

The promise of salvation is the motivation for ethical living.

▸Chapters 56-66 form the third section of Isaiah.

Chapters 56-66 form the third section of Isaiah. Now, after the words of comfort, the text returns to practical ethics. 'Keep justice, and do righteousness'—because salvation is near, live righteously. The expectation of salvation is the motivation for ethical practice.

Related Verses

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
6

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, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant—

Key Message

God's community is defined by faith, not by bloodline.

▸The conditions for foreigners becoming God's people are presented: joining the LORD, serving him, loving his name, keeping the Sabbath, and holding fast the covenant.

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these I will bring 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 shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Key Message

God's house is a house of prayer for all nations.

▸'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples'—Jesus quoted this verse when he cleansed the temple (Matt.