What Does Isaiah 56:7 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
God’s house is not merely open to all peoples; God brings them in and makes their arrival part of its joy.
THE MEANING
Those who see themselves as outside are brought into God’s holy space, and their presence is met with joy. Their offerings are received, while the house becomes a place of prayer open to all peoples.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
God’s presence is reserved for a narrow circle, and outsiders can only be tolerated at its edge.
THE ROOT
וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים
vahavi’otim
GROWS FROM
בוא
Come, enter; in the Hiphil form, cause to come or bring.
“bring” in this verse is vahavi’otim. The verse uses the Hiphil of בוא: God causes them to enter. Their place in the holy mountain is not merely permitted; they are brought in, and their arrival becomes part of the house’s joy.
ALSO GROWS
bo: Come or enter.
בּוֹא
The same root names the movement toward the place where the verse brings its people.
hevi: Bring or cause to come.
הֵבִיא
This is another Hiphil form of בוא, making explicit the active bringing expressed in the verse.
mavo: Entrance or entryway.
מָבוֹא
This noun from the same root gives the movement a threshold: the verse’s people are brought through the entrance into shared sacred space.
תְּפִלָּתִי
tefillati
GROWS FROM
פלל
Intercede or bring a matter before another; related forms also carry the sense of judging.
The house is named by תְּפִלָּה, a word from פלל, whose related forms include praying and interceding. Prayer here is the shared act at the heart of a house opened to all peoples.
ALSO GROWS
hitpallel: Pray or intercede.
הִתְפַּלֵּל
This verbal form from פלל makes prayer an act of bringing a matter before God.
mitpallel: One who prays.
מִתְפַּלֵּל
The same root names the people engaged in the house’s defining practice.
pelili: Judicial or legal.
פְּלִילִי
This related form reflects the root’s association with bringing a matter forward for judgment.
וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים
vesimmahtim
GROWS FROM
שמח
Rejoice or cause joy.
The verse does not only bring people into the house; it makes them joyful there. The root binds their joy to the act of receiving them, so their presence is part of what makes the house glad.
ALSO GROWS
simchah: Joy or gladness.
שִׂמְחָה
This noun shares the root and names the joy present in the verse.
sameach: Glad or joyful.
שָׂמֵחַ
This form describes the state of the people whom God makes joyful.
mesammeach: One who gladdens or brings joy.
מְשַׂמֵּחַ
This form echoes the verse’s active picture of God making the gathered people glad.
THE PATTERN
God draws people across boundaries into shared access, where their presence becomes part of the community’s worship.
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.THE THREAD
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.“Enter” in this verse comes from the same Hebrew root בוא as Isaiah’s “bring.” Isaiah extends that movement into the sanctuary to all peoples, whose arrival is met with joy.
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