Isaiah 56:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then I will set up monuments in my temple with your names written on them. This will be much better than having children, because these monuments will stand there for ever.

Cross References

Isaiah 2:2

In the future, the mountain with the LORD's temple will be the highest of all. It will reach above the hills; every nation will rush to it.

Isaiah 2:3

Many people will come and say, “Let's go to the mountain of the LORD God of Jacob and worship in his temple.” The LORD will teach us his Law from Jerusalem, and we will obey him.

Isaiah 26:1

The time is coming when the people of Judah will sing this song: “Our city is protected. The LORD is our fortress, and he gives us victory.

Isaiah 43:7

They are my people— I created each of them to bring honour to me.”

Isaiah 48:19

Your nation would be blessed with more people than there are grains of sand along the seashore. And I would never have let your country be destroyed.

Isaiah 55:13

Cypress and myrtle trees will grow in fields once covered by thorns. And then those trees will stand as a lasting witness to the glory of the LORD.

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain, where they will celebrate in my house of worship. Their sacrifices and offerings will always be welcome on my altar. Then my house will be known as a house of worship for all nations.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence, destruction, and ruin will never again be heard of within your borders. “Victory” will be the name you give to your walls; “Praise” will be the name you give to your gates.

Isaiah 62:12

Then you will be called, ‘The LORD's Own People, The Ones He Rescued!’ Your city will be known as a good place to live and a city full of people.”

Isaiah 62:2

Your great victory will be seen by every nation and king; the LORD will even give you a new name.

Isaiah 66:20

They will bring your relatives from the nations as an offering to me, the LORD. They will come on horses, chariots, wagons, mules, and camels to Jerusalem, my holy mountain. It will be like the people of Israel bringing the right offering to my temple.

Isaiah 66:22

I also promise that you will always have descendants and will never be forgotten, just as the new heavens and the new earth that I create will last for ever.

Zephaniah 3:20

I will lead you home, and with your own eyes you will see me bless you with all you once owned. Then you will be famous everywhere on this earth. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Matthew 16:18

So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock”. On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.

John 1:12

Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him. So he gave them the right to be the children of God.

Ephesians 2:22

And you are part of that building Christ has built as a place for God's own Spirit to live.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that if I am delayed, you will know how everyone who belongs to God's family ought to behave. After all, the church of the living God is the strong foundation of truth.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is the Son in charge of God's people. And we are those people, if we keep on being brave and don't lose hope.

1 John 3:1

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.

Revelation 2:17

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who wins the victory, I will give some of the hidden food. I will also give each one a white stone with a new name written on it. No one will know that name except the one who is given the stone.

Revelation 3:12

Everyone who wins the victory will be made into a pillar in the temple of my God, and they will stay there for ever. I will write on each of them the name of my God and the name of his city. It is the new Jerusalem that my God will send down from heaven. I will also write on them my own new name.

Revelation 3:5

Everyone who wins the victory will wear white clothes. Their names will not be erased from the book of life, and I will tell my Father and his angels that they are my followers.

1 Samuel 1:8

So Elkanah asked, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why do you feel so bad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”