Daily Bible GNT May 23 Verses

God's People Will Include All Nations

Isaiah 56 The LORD says to his people, "Do what is just and right, for soon I will save you. ²I will bless those who always observe the Sabbath and do not misuse it. I will bless those who do nothing evil."

³A foreigner who has joined the LORD's people should not say, "The LORD will not let me worship with his people."

A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people. ⁴The LORD says to such a man, "If you honor me by observing the Sabbath and if you do what pleases me and faithfully keep my covenant, ⁵then your name will be remembered in my Temple and among my people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will never be forgotten."

⁶And the LORD says to those foreigners who become part of his people, who love him and serve him, who observe the Sabbath and faithfully keep his covenant: ⁷"I will bring you to Zion, my sacred hill, give you joy in my house of prayer, and accept the sacrifices you offer on my altar. My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations."

⁸The Sovereign LORD, who has brought his people Israel home from exile, has promised that he will bring still other people to join them.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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