Yesaya 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote ¹  justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly. ² 

Yesaya 51:4

51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!

Listen to me, my people!

For ³  I will issue a decree, ⁴ 

I will make my justice a light to the nations. ⁵ 

[56:1]  ¹ tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”

[56:1]  ² tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”

[51:4]  ³ tn Or “certainly.”

[51:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”

[51:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”