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          DASV: Isaiah 56    

1 This is what the LORD says,
     "Be just, and do what is right,
     for my salvation will come soon,
           and my righteousness is ready to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this,
     the one who holds it tight,
     who keeps the Sabbath and does not defile it,
     and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
3 Do not let a foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD, say,
     "The LORD will surely exclude me from his people,"
      nor let the eunuch say,
     "Look, I am just a withered tree."
4 For this is what the LORD says:
     To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
           and choose the things that please me,
           and hold on tight to my covenant,
5 to them I will give in my house and within my walls
          a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters.
      I will give them an everlasting name
          that will not be cut off.
6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
     to serve him,
           and to love the name of the LORD,
     to be his servants,
           everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not defile it,
           and holds on tight to my covenant;
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain,
          and make them joyful in my house of prayer.
      Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;
          for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples."

8 The sovereign LORD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, says,
     "I will gather others to them,
           besides those who are already gathered."
9 All you animals of the field, come to devour,
     yes, all you beasts in the forest.
10 Their watchmen are blind,
     they are all without knowledge;
      they are all silent watchdogs, who cannot bark;
      dreaming and lying down,
           how they love to sleep.
11 Yes, the dogs have big appetites;
          they can never get enough.
      These are shepherds who have no understanding;
          they have all turned to their own way,
          every last one of them is out for his own personal gain.
12 "Come," they say,
          "I will get some wine.
     Let's get drunk with strong drink;
           Tomorrow will be just like today,
               only better."

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