noyes - Isaiah:56:1-8

noyes@Isaiah:56:1 @ Thus saith Jehovah: Keep ye justice, and practise righteousness; For the coming of my salvation is near, And my deliverance is soon to be revealed.

noyes@Isaiah:56:2 @ Happy the man that doeth this, And the son of man that holdeth it fast; That keepeth the sabbath, and profaneth it not, And restraineth his hand from doing evil.

noyes@Isaiah:56:3 @ And let not the stranger that joineth himself to Jehovah say, Jehovah hath wholly separated me from his people. And let not the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree!

noyes@Isaiah:56:4 @ For thus saith Jehovah concerning the eunuchs: They that keep my sabbaths, And take pleasure in doing my will, And hold fast my covenant,

noyes@Isaiah:56:5 @ To them will I give in my house, and within my walls, a portion and a name, Better than of sons and daughters; An everlasting name will I give them, That shall never fade away.

noyes@Isaiah:56:6 @ The strangers, also, that join themselves to Jehovah, to serve him, To love the name of Jehovah, and to be his servants. Every one that keepeth the sabbath, and profaneth it not, And holdeth fast my covenant,

noyes@Isaiah:56:7 @ Them will I bring to my holy mountain, And I will make them rejoice in my house of prayer; Their burntofferings and sacrifices shall be accepted on mine altar; For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.

noyes@Isaiah:56:8 @ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, That gathereth the outcasts of Israel; Yet will I gather others to him, Besides those that are already gathered.