56 lines
1.8 KiB
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56 lines
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# Chapter 56
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1 This is what the Lord says:
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Preserve justice and do what is right,
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for my salvation is coming soon,
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and my righteousness will be revealed.
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2 Happy is the person who does this,
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the son of man who holds it fast,
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who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
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and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
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3 No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
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should say,
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“The Lord will exclude me from his people,”
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and the eunuch should not say,
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“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”
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4 For the Lord says this:
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“For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
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and choose what pleases me,
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and hold firmly to my covenant,
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5 I will give them, in my house and within my walls,
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a memorial and a name
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better than sons and daughters.
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I will give each of them an everlasting name
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that will never be cut off.
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6 As for the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord
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to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
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and to become his servants—
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all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
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and who hold firmly to my covenant—
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7 I will bring them to my holy mountain
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and let them rejoice in my house of prayer.
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Their burnt offerings and sacrifices
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will be acceptable on my altar,
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for my house will be called a house of prayer
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for all nations.”
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8 This is the declaration of the Lord God,
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who gathers the dispersed of Israel:
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“I will gather to them still others
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besides those already gathered.”
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9 All you animals of the field and forest,
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come and eat!
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10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them,
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they know nothing;
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all of them are mute dogs,
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they cannot bark;
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they dream, lie down,
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and love to sleep.
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11 These dogs have fierce appetites;
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they never have enough.
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And they are shepherds
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who have no discernment;
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all of them turn to their own way,
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every last one for his own profit.
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12 “Come, let me get some wine,
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let’s guzzle some beer;
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and tomorrow will be like today,
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only far better!” |