Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Isaiah Chapter 1 to 66)

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Isaiah 56:6 (NLT)
"I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD,
Who serve him and love his name,
who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath of rest,
and who hold fast to my covenant.
 
Isaiah 56:7 (NLT)
I will bring them to my Holy Mountain of Jerusalem
and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer.
I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices,
because my Temple woll be called a house of prayer for all nations.
 
Isaiah 56:8 (NLT) - 8 For the Sovereign Lord, who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel.”
 
Isaiah 56:10 (NLT) - 10 For the leaders of my people—the Lord's watchmen, his shepherds—are blind and ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
 
Isaiah 57:1 (NLT) - 1 Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come.
 
Isaiah 57:5 (NLT)
You worship your idols with great passion

beneath the oaks and under every green tree.
You sacrifice your children down in the valleys,
Among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
 
Isaiah 57:6 (NLT)
Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys.
You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings.
They, not I, are your inheritance.
Do you think all this makes me happy?
 
Isaiah 57:7 (NLT)
You have committed adultery on every high mountain.
There you have worshipped idols
and have been unfaithful to me.
 
Isaiah 57:8 (NLT)
You have put pagan symbols
on your door posts and behind your doors.
You behave left me
and climbed into bed with these detestable gods.
You have committed yourselves to them.
You love to look at their naked bodies.
 
Isaiah 57:9 (NLT)
You have gone to Molech
with olive oil and many perfumes,
sending your agents far and wide,
even to the world of the dead
 
Isaiah 57:10 (NLT) - 10 You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. Desire gave you renewed strength, and you did not grow weary.
 
Isaiah 57:11 (NLT) - 11 “Are you afraid of these idols? Do they terrify you? Is that why you have lied to me and forgotten me and my words? Is it because of my long silence that you no longer fear me?
 
Isaiah 57:13 (NLT)

13 Let’s see if your idols can save you when you cry to them for help. Why, a puff of wind can knock them down! If you just breathe on them, they fall over! But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”
 
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