Isaiah 56

Thus saith the Lord,

^aKeep ye judgment, and do justice:

For ^bmy salvation is near to come,

And my righteousness to be revealed.

²Blessed is ^cthe man that doeth this,

And ^cthe son of man that layeth hold on it;

^dThat keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,

And keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

³Neither let ^ethe son of the stranger, ^fthat hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying,

The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people:

Neither let ^gthe eunuch say, Behold, I am ^ha dry tree.

⁴For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs ^dthat keep my sabbaths,

And choose the things that please me,

And take hold of my covenant;

⁵Even unto them will I give in ⁱmine house and within my walls

^kA place and ^la name better than of sons and of daughters:

I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

⁶Also ^ethe sons of the stranger, ^fthat join themselves to the Lord,

To serve him, and to love the name of the Lord,

To be his servants,

Every one ^dthat keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,

And taketh hold of my covenant;

^7mEven them will I bring to my holy mountain,

And make them joyful in my house of prayer:

ⁿTheir burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be ^oaccepted upon mine altar;

For ^pmine house shall be called a house of prayer ^qfor all people.

⁸The Lord God which gathereth ^rthe outcasts of Israel saith,

Yet ^swill I gather others to him, besides those that are gathered unto him.

^9tAll ye beasts of the field, come to devour,

Yea, all ye beasts in the forest.

¹⁰His ^uwatchmen are ^vblind: they are all ignorant,

They are all dumb ^wdogs, they cannot bark;

Sleeping, lying down, loving ^xto slumber.

¹¹Yea, they are greedy dogs which ^zcan never have enough,

And they are ^zashepherds that cannot understand:

They all look to their own way,

^bEvery one for his gain, from his ^cquarter.

^12dCome ye, ^esay they, I will fetch wine,

And we will fill ourselves with strong drink;

And ^fto morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

LVII.