Isaiah:56

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* Jehovah says : »Maintain justice and do what is right , for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed . * »Blessed is the man who does this , the man who holds it fast , who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it , and keeps his hand from doing any evil . * »‘No foreigner bound to Jehovah should say : ‘Jehovah will surely exclude me from his people . No eunuch should complain : I am only a dry tree .’« * For Jehovah says : »To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths , who choose what pleases me . They hold fast to my covenant . * »I will give to those within my Temple and its walls a memorial and a name that is better than sons and daughters . I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off . * »Foreigners have become allied with Jehovah , to serve Jehovah , to love the name of Jehovah , and to worship him . They keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and hold fast to my covenant . * »I will bring them to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer . Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar . My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations .« * The Sovereign Lord Jehovah declares : »He who gathers the exiles of Israel , I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered .« * Come , all you beasts of the field , come and devour , all you beasts of the forest ! * Israel ’s watchmen are blind . They all lack knowledge they are all mute dogs . They cannot bark . They just lie around and dream , they love to sleep . * They are dogs with mighty appetites . They never have enough ! They are shepherds who lack understanding . They all turn to their own way and each one seeks dishonest gain . * »Come , each one cries , let me get wine ! Let us drink our fill of beer ! And tomorrow will be like today , or even far better .«

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