Discovery BoxIsaiah 56:6 
Context56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of 1 the Lord and serve him,
who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –
all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
and who are faithful to 2 my covenant –
Isaiah 58:13
Context58:13 You must 3 observe the Sabbath 4
rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. 5
You must look forward to the Sabbath 6
and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect. 7
You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities,
and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. 8
1 tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”
2 tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”
3 tn Lit., “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 13-14 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in v. 13), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 14.
4 tn Heb “if you turn from the Sabbath your feet.”
5 tn Heb “[from] doing your desires on my holy day.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa supplies the preposition מִן (min) on “doing.”
6 tn Heb “and call the Sabbath a pleasure”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “a delight.”
7 tn Heb “and [call] the holy [day] of the Lord honored.” On קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh, “holy”) as indicating a time period, see BDB 872 s.v. 2.e (cf. also Neh 8:9-11).
8 tn Heb “and you honor it [by refraining] from accomplishing your ways, from finding your desire and speaking a word.” It is unlikely that the last phrase (“speaking a word”) is a prohibition against talking on the Sabbath; instead it probably refers to making transactions or plans (see Hos 10:4). Some see here a reference to idle talk (cf. 2 Sam 19:30).
