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Isaiah 56

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¹ This is what the LORD says: Preserve justice and do what is right, ⓙ for my salvation is coming soon, and my righteousness will be revealed. ⓚ

² Happy is the person who does this, the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. ⓛ

³ No foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD should say, “The LORD will exclude me from his people,” ⓜ and the eunuch should not say, “Look, I am a dried-up tree.” ⓝ

⁴ For the LORD says this: “For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose what pleases me, and hold firmly to my covenant,

⁵ I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them an everlasting name that will never be cut off. ⓐ

⁶ As for the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to become his servants — all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to my covenant —

⁷ I will bring them to my holy mountain ⓑ and let them rejoice in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, ⓒ for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” ⓓ

⁸ This is the declaration of the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.” ⓔ

⁹ All you animals of the field and forest, come and eat!

¹⁰ Israel’s [1] watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.

¹¹ These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own profit. ⓕ

¹² “Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” ⓖ

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1	This is what the LORD says: Preserve justice and do what is right, ⓙ for my salvation is coming soon, and my righteousness will be revealed. ⓚ
2	Happy is the person who does this, the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. ⓛ
3	No foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD should say, “The LORD will exclude me from his people,” ⓜ and the eunuch should not say, “Look, I am a dried-up tree.” ⓝ
4	For the LORD says this: “For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose what pleases me, and hold firmly to my covenant,
5	I will give them, in my house and within my walls, a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give each of them an everlasting name that will never be cut off. ⓐ
6	As for the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to become his servants — all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to my covenant —
7	I will bring them to my holy mountain ⓑ and let them rejoice in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, ⓒ for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” ⓓ
8	This is the declaration of the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.” ⓔ
9	All you animals of the field and forest, come and eat!
10	Israel’s [1] watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.
11	These dogs have fierce appetites; they never have enough. And they are shepherds who have no discernment; all of them turn to their own way, every last one for his own profit. ⓕ
12	“Come, let me get some wine, let’s guzzle some beer; and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” ⓖ

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^{Isaiah 56:1 [99]} Title: Probably a literary or musical term

^{Isaiah 56:7 [100]} Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.

^{Isaiah 56:8 [101]} Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin

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