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2.0 KiB
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75 lines
2.0 KiB
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Salvation for Foreigners
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# Chapter 56
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1. Thus says the LORD:
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"Keep justice, and do righteousness,
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for soon my salvation will come,
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and my righteousness be revealed.
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2. Blessed is the man who does this,
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and the son of man who holds it fast,
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who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,
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and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
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3. Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say,
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"The LORD will surely separate me from his people";
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and let not the eunuch say,
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"Behold, I am a dry tree."
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4. For thus says the LORD:
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"To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
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who choose the things that please me
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and hold fast my covenant,
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5. I will give in my house and within my walls
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a monument and a name
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better than sons and daughters;
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I will give them an everlasting name
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that shall not be cut off.
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6. "And 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 be his servants,
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everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
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and holds fast my covenant--
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7. these I will bring to my holy mountain,
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and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
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their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
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will be accepted on my altar;
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for my house shall be called a house of prayer
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for all peoples."
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8. The Lord God,
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who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
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"I will gather yet others to him
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besides those already gathered."
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Israel's Irresponsible Leaders
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9. All you beasts of the field, come to devour--
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all you beasts in the forest.
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10. His watchmen are blind;
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they are all without knowledge;
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they are all silent dogs;
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they cannot bark,
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dreaming, lying down,
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loving to slumber.
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11. The dogs have a mighty appetite;
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they never have enough.
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But they are shepherds who have no understanding;
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they have all turned to their own way,
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each to his own gain, one and all.
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12. "Come," they say, "let me get wine;
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let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
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and tomorrow will be like this day,
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great beyond measure."
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