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Isaiah 56 General Notes

Structure and formatting

Some translations indent each line of poetry to make it easier to read. The ULB does this with the poetry in this chapter.

Special concepts in this chapter

Gentiles

Many scholars believe this chapter prophesies that Gentiles will be able to come to a saving faith in Yahweh. At this time, the Israelites believed that only an Israelite could be saved. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith)

Important figures of speech in this chapter

Beasts

The Israelites are compared to beasts and dogs in this chapter. This would have been very offensive to them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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