Isaiah 56:3

The Passion Translation

The foreigner who joins himself to Yahweh should never say, “Because I’m a foreigner, Yahweh will exclude me from his people.” And the eunuchs should never say, “Because I can’t have children, I’m just a barren tree.”

Cross References

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord Yahweh will most certainly show tender mercy to the Israelites. He will choose them again and settle them in their own land. Even foreigners will accompany them and join with the Jewish people.

Isaiah 39:7

‘Some of your own sons who come after you will be deported and become high officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

Isaiah 56:5

‘I will bestow upon them within my household both an honored place and an honored name, even better than the honor that comes from having children. I bestow upon them my everlasting favor; you will never be forgotten.’

Isaiah 56:6

And to the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to worship him, those who want to be his servants and love the name of Yahweh— all who honor the Sabbath and do not disregard it, and who remain true to my covenant—I make this promise:

Jeremiah 50:5

They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward her, saying to one another, ‘Come, let us bind our hearts to Yahweh in an eternal covenant, which we will never break.’

Acts 10:34

Peter said, “Now I know for certain that God doesn’t show favoritism with people but treats everyone on the same basis.

Acts 17:4

Some of the Jews were convinced that their message was true, so they joined Paul and Silas, along with quite a few prominent women and a large number of Greeks who worshiped God.

Acts 18:7

Leaving the synagogue, Paul went to the home of Titus, a convert to Judaism, for he and his family attended the Jewish meetings and they had all become believers in Jesus.

Romans 15:16

For this grace has made me a servant of the gospel of God, constantly doing the work of a priest, for I endeavor to present an acceptable offering to God; so that the non-Jewish people of the earth may be set apart and made holy by the Spirit of holiness.

1 Corinthians 6:17

But the one who joins himself to the Lord is mingled into one spirit with him.

Ephesians 2:22

This means that God is transforming each one of you into the Holy of Holies, his dwelling place, through the power of the Holy Spirit living in you!

1 Peter 1:1

From Peter, an apostle of Jesus the Anointed One, to the chosen ones who have been scattered like “seed” into the nations living as refugees in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and throughout the Roman provinces of Asia and Bithynia.