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Furthermore, let no eunuch say, 'Look! I am just a dry tree.'"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me, and who hold fast my covenant—<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For thus says the LORD: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">to them 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 that will not be cut off. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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 that shall not be cut off.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Also, the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, and to bless the LORD'S name, observing the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold fast my covenant—<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“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, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant—</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will rise up to be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for everyone." <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This is what the Lord GOD says, the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel: "I'll gather still others to them besides those already gathered. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, “I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"All you wild animals, come and devour— even all of you wild animals. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">All you beasts of the field, come to devour— all you beasts in the forest.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs— they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep! <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite— they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"'Come!' they say, 'let's have some wine, and let's fill ourselves with strong drink! Then, tomorrow will be like today, or even much better!'"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Come,” they say, “let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="//www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. 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