Isaiah Chapter 56 Back Next{56:1} Thus says Yahweh, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
{56:3} Neither let the
foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, "Yahweh will surely separate me from his people"; neither let the
eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."
{56:4} For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my
covenant:
{56:5} to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
{56:6} Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to
minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;
{56:7} 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 on my
altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples."
{56:8} The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of
Israel, says, "Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered."
{56:9} All you animals of the
field, come to devour, all you animals in the
forest.
{56:10} His watchmen are
blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute
dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
{56:11} Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
{56:12} "Come," say they, "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with
strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure."
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