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Isaiah 56:3

Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

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ASV

Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

KJV

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַל־ve.'al-and may notH408 →
יֹאמַ֣רyo.Marhe sayH559 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
הַנֵּכָ֗רha.ne.Khar<the> foreignnessH5236 →
הַנִּלְוָ֤הha.nil.Vahwho <he> has joined himselfH3867 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הַבְדֵּ֧לhav.Delcertainly <to separate>H914 →
יַבְדִּילַ֛נִיyav.di.La.nihe will separate meH914 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom withH5921 →
עַמּ֑וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971 →
וְאַל־ve.'al-and may notH408 →
יֹאמַר֙yo.Marhe sayH559 →
הַסָּרִ֔יסha.sa.Risthe eunuchH5631 →
הֵ֥ןhenhere!H2005 →
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589 →
עֵ֥ץ'etz[am] a treeH6086 →
יָבֵֽשׁ׃ סya.VeshdryH3002 →

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1 Corinthians 6:17But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,Matthew 19:12–30For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”Daniel 1:3–21Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—Jeremiah 39:16–17“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.Zephaniah 2:11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.Jeremiah 50:5They 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.Romans 2:10–11but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.Isaiah 14:1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Zechariah 8:20–23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—Acts 10:1–2At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.Romans 15:9–12so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”Acts 17:4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.Luke 7:6–8So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.Ephesians 2:22And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.Numbers 18:7But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”Numbers 18:4They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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