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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/55.htm" title="Isaiah 55">◄</a> Isaiah 56 <a href="../isaiah/57.htm" title="Isaiah 57">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29056" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">III. <span class="ac">Isaiah</span> 56—66</h1> <h1 id="cn29056" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Salvation for the Just<a id="rfn29056000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056000-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29056001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn29056001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056001-1">*</a> Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="sl">Observe what is right, do what is just,</p> <p class="sl1">for my salvation is about to come,</p> <p class="sl1">my justice, about to be revealed.<a id="ren29056001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056002" class="ver">2</span>Happy is the one who does this,</p> <p class="sl1">whoever holds fast to it:</p> <p class="sl">Keeping the sabbath without profaning it,</p> <p class="sl1">keeping one’s hand from doing any evil.<a id="ren29056002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056002-b">b</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Obligations and Promises to Share in the Covenant</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29056003" class="ver">3</span><a id="rfn29056003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056003-1">*</a> The foreigner joined to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> should not say,</p> <p class="sl1">“The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will surely exclude me from his people”;</p> <p class="sl">Nor should the eunuch say,</p> <p class="sl1">“See, I am a dry tree.”<a id="ren29056003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29056004" class="ver">4</span>For thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="sl">To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths,</p> <p class="sl1">who choose what pleases me,</p> <p class="sl1">and who hold fast to my covenant,<a id="ren29056004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056005" class="ver">5</span>I will give them, in my house</p> <p class="sl1">and within my walls, a monument and a name<a id="rfn29056005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056005-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">Better than sons and daughters;</p> <p class="sl1">an eternal name, which shall not be cut off, will I give them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056006" class="ver">6</span>And foreigners who join themselves to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">to minister to him,</p> <p class="sl">To love the name of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">to become his servants—</p> <p class="sl">All who keep the sabbath without profaning it</p> <p class="sl1">and hold fast to my covenant,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056007" class="ver">7</span><a id="rfn29056007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056007-1">*</a> Them I will bring to my holy mountain</p> <p class="sl1">and make them joyful in my house of prayer;</p> <p class="sl">Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices</p> <p class="sl1">will be acceptable on my altar,</p> <p class="sl">For my house shall be called</p> <p class="sl1">a house of prayer for all peoples.<a id="ren29056007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056007-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn29056008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056008-1">*</a> Oracle of the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who gathers the dispersed of Israel—</p> <p class="sl">Others will I gather to them</p> <p class="sl1">besides those already gathered.<a id="ren29056008-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056008-f">f</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Unworthy Shepherds<a id="rfn29056009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056009-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29056009" class="ver">9</span>All you beasts of the field,<a id="rfn29056009-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056009-2">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">come to devour,</p> <p class="sl1">all you beasts in the forest!<a id="ren29056009-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056009-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn29056010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29056010-1">*</a> All the sentinels of Israel are blind,</p> <p class="sl1">they are without knowledge;</p> <p class="sl">They are all mute dogs,</p> <p class="sl1">unable to bark;</p> <p class="sl">Dreaming, reclining,</p> <p class="sl1">loving their sleep.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056011" class="ver">11</span>Yes, the dogs have a ravenous appetite;</p> <p class="sl1">they never know satiety,</p> <p class="sl">Shepherds who have no understanding;</p> <p class="sl1">all have turned their own way,</p> <p class="sl1">each one covetous for gain:</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29056012" class="ver">12</span>“Come, let me bring wine;</p> <p class="sl1">let us fill ourselves with strong drink,</p> <p class="sl">And tomorrow will be like today,</p> <p class="sl1">or even greater.”<a id="ren29056012-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29056012-h">h</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, 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