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Thus says the LORD : "
Keep justice ,
and do righteousness ,
for soon my salvation will come ,
and my deliverance 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 ,
not profaning it ,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil ."
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Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say , "
The LORD will surely separate me from his people ";
and let not the eunuch say , "
Behold ,
I am a dry tree ."
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For thus says the LORD : "
To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths ,
who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant ,
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I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters ;
I will give them an everlasting name which shall not be cut off .
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And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD ,
to minister to him ,
to love the name of the LORD ,
and to be his servants ,
every one who keeps the sabbath ,
and does not profane it ,
and holds fast my covenant --
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these I will bring 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 shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples .
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Thus says the Lord GOD ,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel ,
I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered ."