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Isaiah 56 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 56
Salvation for the Gentiles
Salvation for the Gentiles
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1 Thus says the LORD:
​
​​“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
​​For My salvation is about to come,
​​And My righteousness to be revealed.
2 ​​Blessed is the man who does this,
​​And the son of man who lays hold on it;
​​Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
​​And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
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3 ​​Do not let the son of the foreigner
​​Who has joined himself to the LORD
​​Speak, saying,
​​“The LORD has utterly separated me from His people”;
​​Nor let the eunuch say,
​​“Here I am, a dry tree.”
4 ​​For thus says the LORD:
​​“To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
​​And choose what pleases Me,
​​And hold fast My covenant,
5 ​​Even to them I will give in My house
​​And within My walls a place and a name
​​Better than that of sons and daughters;
​​I will give them[fn] an everlasting name
​​That shall not be cut off.
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6 ​​“Also the sons of the foreigner
​​Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him,
​​And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants—
​​Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
​​And holds fast My covenant—
7 ​​Even them 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 nations.”
8 ​​The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says,
​​“Yet I will gather to him
​​Others besides those who are gathered to him.”
Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
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9 ​​All you beasts of the field, come to devour,
​​All you beasts in the forest.
10 ​​His watchmen are blind,
​​They are all ignorant;
​​They are all dumb dogs,
​​They cannot bark;
​​Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 ​​Yes, they are greedy dogs
​​Which never have enough.
​​And they are shepherds
​​Who cannot understand;
​​They all look to their own way,
​​Every one for his own gain,
​​From his own territory.
12 ​​“Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
​​And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating drink;
​​Tomorrow will be as today,
​​And much more abundant.”
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