Isaiah 56:1 (DBY)

Passage

Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to it; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

Isaiah 56:3 And let not the son of the alien, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak saying, Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "saith", "jehovah", "keep", "judgment", "righteousness", "salvation", and "near". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Blessed is the man that doeth this...", so "thus" and "saith" should be read forward into that movement. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.