Isaiah 56:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֞ים אֶל־הַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֗י וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית תְּפִלָּתִ֔י עוֹלֹתֵיהֶ֧ם וְזִבְחֵיהֶ֛ם לְרָצ֖וֹן עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י כִּ֣י בֵיתִ֔י בֵּית־תְּפִלָּ֥ה יִקָּרֵ֖א לְכָל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

Transliteration

And hăbîʾôtîm unto-har qodšî and śimmaḥtîm in-bêt tĕpillātî; ʿôlōtêhem and zibḥêhem for-rāṣôn upon-mizbĕḥî, for bêtî bêt-tĕpillāh yiqqārēʾ to-all-hāʿammîm.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *hăbîʾôtîm*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will bring them
• *ʾel*: preposition - unto/to
• *har*: masculine singular construct noun - mountain of
• *qodšî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my holiness/holy place
• *śimmaḥtîm*: piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - I will make them rejoice
• *bĕbêt*: preposition with masculine singular construct noun - in house of
• *tĕpillātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
• *ʿôlōtêhem*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their burnt offerings
• *zibḥêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sacrifices
• *lĕrāṣôn*: preposition with masculine singular noun - for acceptance/favor
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
• *mizbĕḥî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my altar
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *bêtî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my house
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct noun - house of
• *tĕpillāh*: feminine singular noun - prayer
• *yiqqārēʾ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be called
• *lĕkol*: preposition with noun, construct state - for all of
• *hāʿammîm*: definite article with masculine plural noun - the peoples/nations

Word Meanings

• *har qodšî*: my holy mountain/my holy hill/mountain of my holiness
• *bêt tĕpillātî*: house of my prayer/my prayer house
• *ʿôlōtêhem*: their burnt offerings/holocausts
• *zibḥêhem*: their sacrifices/offerings
• *lĕrāṣôn*: for acceptance/favor/goodwill/pleasure
• *bêt-tĕpillāh*: house of prayer/prayer house

Referenced Verses

• Mark 11:17 : 17 And he taught, saying unto them, ‹Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.›
• Luke 19:46 : 46 Saying unto them, ‹It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.›
• Matt 21:13 : 13 And said unto them, ‹It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.›
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Mic 4:1-2 : 1 ¶ But in the last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• Heb 13:15 : 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.
• Eph 2:11-13 : 11 ¶ Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Zech 8:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
• Isa 66:19-20 : 19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 20 And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
• John 4:21-23 : 21 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.› 22 ‹Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.› 23 ‹But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.›
• John 12:20-26 : 20 ¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: 21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. 22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, ‹The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.› 24 ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.› 25 ‹He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.› 26 ‹If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will› [my] ‹Father honour.›
• 1 Pet 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.