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1. This is what the Lord says: "Give justice to all people, and do what is right, because my salvation will come to you soon. Soon everyone will know that I do what is right.
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1. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Keep H8104 ye judgment H4941 , and do H6213 justice H6666 : for H3588 my salvation H3444 is near H7138 to come H935 , and my righteousness H6666 to be revealed H1540 .
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2. The person who obeys the law about the Sabbath will be blessed, and the person who does no evil will be blessed."
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2. Blessed H835 is the man H582 that doeth H6213 this H2063 , and the son H1121 of man H120 that layeth hold H2388 on it ; that keepeth H8104 the sabbath H7676 from polluting H4480 H2490 it , and keepeth H8104 his hand H3027 from doing H4480 H6213 any H3605 evil H7451 .
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3. Foreigners who have joined the Lord should not say, "The Lord will not accept me with his people." The eunuch should not say, "Because I cannot have children, the Lord will not accept me."
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3. Neither H408 let the son H1121 of the stranger H5236 , that hath joined himself H3867 to H413 the LORD H3068 , speak H559 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 hath utterly separated H914 H914 me from H4480 H5921 his people H5971 : neither H408 let the eunuch H5631 say H559 , Behold H2005 , I H589 am a dry H3002 tree H6086 .
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4. This is what the Lord says: "The eunuchs should obey the law about the Sabbath and do what I want and keep my agreement.
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4. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 unto the eunuchs H5631 that H834 keep H8104 H853 my sabbaths H7676 , and choose H977 the things that H834 please H2654 me , and take hold H2388 of my covenant H1285 ;
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5. If they do, I will make their names remembered within my Temple and its walls. It will be better for them than children. I will give them a name that will last forever, that will never be forgotten.
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5. Even unto them will I give H5414 in mine house H1004 and within my walls H2346 a place H3027 and a name H8034 better H2896 than of sons H4480 H1121 and of daughters H4480 H1323 : I will give H5414 them an everlasting H5769 name H8034 , that H834 shall not H3808 be cut off H3772 .
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6. Foreigners will join the Lord to worship him and love him, to serve him, to obey the law about the Sabbath, and to keep my agreement.
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6. Also the sons H1121 of the stranger H5236 , that join themselves H3867 to H5921 the LORD H3068 , to serve H8334 him , and to love H157 H853 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , to be H1961 his servants H5650 , every one H3605 that keepeth H8104 the sabbath H7676 from polluting H4480 H2490 it , and taketh hold H2388 of my covenant H1285 ;
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7. I will bring these people to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. The offerings and sacrifices they place on my altar will please me, because my Temple will be called a house for prayer for people from all nations."
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7. Even them will I bring H935 to H413 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 , and make them joyful H8055 in my house H1004 of prayer H8605 : their burnt offerings H5930 and their sacrifices H2077 shall be accepted H7522 upon H5921 mine altar H4196 ; for H3588 mine house H1004 shall be called H7121 a house H1004 of prayer H8605 for all H3605 people H5971 .
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8. The Lord God says -- he who gathers the Israelites that were forced to leave their country: "I will bring together other people to join those who are already gathered."
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8. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 which gathereth H6908 the outcasts H1760 of Israel H3478 saith H5002 , Yet H5750 will I gather H6908 others to H5921 him , beside those that are gathered H6908 unto him.
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9. All you animals of the field, all you animals of the forest, come to eat.
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9. All H3605 ye beasts H2416 of the field H7704 , come H857 to devour H398 , yea , all H3605 ye beasts H2416 in the forest H3293 .
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10. The leaders who are to guard the people are blind; they don't know what they are doing. All of them are like quiet dogs that don't know how to bark. They lie down and dream and love to sleep.
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10. His watchmen H6822 are blind H5787 : they are all H3605 ignorant H3808 H3045 , they are all H3605 dumb H483 dogs H3611 , they cannot H3201 H3808 bark H5024 ; sleeping H1957 , lying down H7901 , loving H157 to slumber H5123 .
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11. They are like hungry dogs that are never satisfied. They are like shepherds who don't know what they are doing. They all have gone their own way; all they want to do is satisfy themselves.
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11. Yea, they are greedy H5794 H5315 dogs H3611 which can never H3808 have H3045 enough H7654 , and they H1992 are shepherds H7462 that cannot H3045 H3808 understand H995 : they all H3605 look H6437 to their own way H1870 , every one H376 for his gain H1215 , from his quarter H4480 H7097 .
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12. They say, "Come, let's drink some wine; let's drink all the beer we want. And tomorrow we will do this again, or, maybe we will have an even better time."
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12. Come H857 ye, say they , I will fetch H3947 wine H3196 , and we will fill H5433 ourselves with strong drink H7941 ; and tomorrow H4279 shall be H1961 as this H2088 day H3117 , and much H3966 more abundant H3499 H1419 .
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