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and <i>as for</i> all that keep my sabbaths from profaning <i>them</i>, and that take hold of my covenant;<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I will bring them to my holy mountain, and gladden them in my house of prayer: their whole-burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations,<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>saith the Lord that gathers the dispersed of Israel; for I will gather to him a congregation.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Israel’s Sinful Leaders<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All ye beasts of the field, come, devour, all ye beasts of the forest.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>See how they are all blinded: they have not known; <i>they are</i> dumb dogs <i>that</i> will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Yea, they are insatiable dogs, that known not what it is to be filled, and they are wicked, having no understanding: all have followed their own ways, each according to his <i>will</i>.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(OMITTED TEXT)</font><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/55.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 55"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 55" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/57.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 57"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 57" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>