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Isaiah 56:4

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—

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ASV

For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:

KJV

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;

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
כֹ֣ה׀khohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙la.sa.ri.Simto the eunuchsH5631 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
יִשְׁמְרוּ֙yish.me.Ruthey keepH8104 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֔יsha.be.to.Taisabbaths myH7676 →
וּבָֽחֲר֖וּu.va.cha.Ruand they chooseH977 →
בַּאֲשֶׁ֣רba.'a.Sher<in> [that] whichH834 →
חָפָ֑צְתִּיcha.Fa.tze.tiI desireH2654 →
וּמַחֲזִיקִ֖יםu.ma.cha.zi.Kimand [they are] keeping holdH2388 →
בִּבְרִיתִֽי׃biv.ri.Tion covenant myH1285 →

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Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.Isaiah 27:5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”Joshua 24:15But 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!”2 Samuel 23:5Is 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 56:6And 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—Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Hebrews 6:17So 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.Isaiah 55:3Incline 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.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.Isaiah 56:2Blessed 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.”Isaiah 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.Ezra 10:11Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”Mark 2:24So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

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