Isaiah 56:7

“I will bring them to my holy mountain, and make them rejoice in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be for favor on my altar; for my house a house of prayer will be called for all the peoples.””

Isaiah 56:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Matthew 21:13

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Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 without “for all the peoples,” and adds “den of robbers,” from Jeremiah 7:11.

Formula: Γέγραπται “it is written” (Matthew 21:13)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς Γέγραπται Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ποιεῖτε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים אֶל הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתִי עוֹלֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם לְרָצוֹן עַל מִזְבְּחִי כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל הָעַמִּים

Septuagint (Isaiah 56:7 in the Septuagint numbering): εἰσάξω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὅρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, καὶ εὐφρανῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῆς προσευχῆς μου· τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν ἔσονται δεκταὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μου. ὁ γὰρ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν,

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Luke 19:46

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Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 and adds “den of robbers,” from Jeremiah 7:11.

Formula: Γέγραπται “it is written” (Luke 19:46)

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Greek of the New Testament: λέγων αὐτοῖς Γέγραπται Καὶ ἔσται ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτὸν ἐποιήσατε σπήλαιον λῃστῶν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים אֶל הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתִי עוֹלֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם לְרָצוֹן עַל מִזְבְּחִי כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל הָעַמִּים

Septuagint (Isaiah 56:7 in the Septuagint numbering): εἰσάξω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὅρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, καὶ εὐφρανῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῆς προσευχῆς μου· τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν ἔσονται δεκταὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μου. ὁ γὰρ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν,

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Mark 11:17

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Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 with “for all the nations,” which Matthew and Luke do not have, and adds “den of robbers,” from Jeremiah 7:11.

Formula: Οὐ γέγραπται ὅτι “is it not written…?” (Mark 11:17)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ ἐδίδασκεν καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς Οὐ γέγραπται ὅτι Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὑμεῖς δὲ πεποιήκατε αὐτὸν σπήλαιον λῃστῶν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים אֶל הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית תְּפִלָּתִי עוֹלֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם לְרָצוֹן עַל מִזְבְּחִי כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל הָעַמִּים

Septuagint (Isaiah 56:7 in the Septuagint numbering): εἰσάξω αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὅρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, καὶ εὐφρανῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῆς προσευχῆς μου· τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν ἔσονται δεκταὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου μου. ὁ γὰρ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν,

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 8 consecutive words: “οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς κληθήσεται πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 56:7, word by word

I will bring themהֲבִיאוֹתִיhavioti

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “havioti” appears
to my holy mountainהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “har” appears
to my holy mountainקָדְשִׁkadshi

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kadshi” appears
and make them rejoiceשִׂמַּחְתִּיsimachti

gladden

To make someone feel glad and cheered.

Where else “simachti” appears
in my houseבֵיתvet

temple

The temple: "the house of YHWH".

Where else “vet” appears
of prayerתְּפִלָּתִtefilati

prayer

Prayer: words addressed to God to ask, to intercede or to praise. Several psalms bear this name.

Where else “tefilati” appears
their burnt offeringsעוֹלֹתֵיolote

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “olote” appears
and their sacrificesזִבְחֵיzivche

sacrifice

An animal offered to God and eaten together.

Where else “zivche” appears
will be for favorרָצוֹןratson

favor

The goodwill with which one looks on another.

Where else “ratson” appears
on my altarמִזְבְּחִmizbchi

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

Where else “mizbchi” appears
will be calledיִקָּרֵאyikare

name

To give someone a name.

Where else “yikare” appears
the peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

Where else “amim” appears

Translation note

“For favor”: they will be accepted. Jesus quotes the last sentence in Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17; and Luke 19:46.

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Quotation · Matthew 21:13

Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 without “for all the peoples,” and adds “den of robbers,” from Jeremiah 7:11.

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Isaiah 56:7

7I will bring them to my holy mountain, and make them rejoice in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be for favor on my altar; for my house a house of prayer will be called for all the peoples.”

Matthew 21:13

13And he says to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.”

Quotation · Luke 19:46

Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 and adds “den of robbers,” from Jeremiah 7:11.

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Isaiah 56:7

7I will bring them to my holy mountain, and make them rejoice in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be for favor on my altar; for my house a house of prayer will be called for all the peoples.”

Luke 19:46

46saying to them, “It is written, ‘And my house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Quotation · Mark 11:17

Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 with “for all the nations,” which Matthew and Luke do not have, and adds “den of robbers,” from Jeremiah 7:11.

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Isaiah 56:7

7I will bring them to my holy mountain, and make them rejoice in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be for favor on my altar; for my house a house of prayer will be called for all the peoples.”

Mark 11:17

17And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”

The context

6And the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to YHWH, to serve him, and to love the name of YHWH, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it, and who hold fast to my covenant:

7 · This verse (above)

8Declares Adonai YHWH, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather others to him, besides his gathered ones.”

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