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Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye judgment and do righteousness: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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Blessed [is] weak man [that] doeth this, and the son of man [that] holdeth fast by it; that keepeth the Sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
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Neither let the son of the stranger that hath joined himself to Jehovah speak, saying Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; nor let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.
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For thus saith Jehovah, Unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and hold fast by my covenant,
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unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
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Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast by my covenant—
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even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon my altar: for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
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The Lord Jehovah who gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, with those of his that are gathered.
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All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
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His watchmen [are] blind, they are all without knowledge; they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
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Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
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Come ye, [say they,] I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.