Across 12 verses, the LORD promises foreigners and eunuchs who keep the Sabbath a place and a name in his house, then rebukes Israel’s blind watchmen and greedy shepherds.
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Lyrics
Thus says the LORD Keep justice and do righteousness For my salvation is near to come and my righteousness to be revealed
Blessed is the man that does this and the son of man that holds it fast That keeps the sabbath from polluting it and keeps his hand from doing any evil
Neither let the foreigner that has joined himself to the LORD speak saying The LORD will surely separate me from his people And neither let the eunuch say Behold I am a dry tree
For thus says the LORD unto the eunuchs That keep my sabbaths and choose the things that please me And take hold of my covenant
Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name Better than of sons and of daughters I will give them an everlasting name
Also the foreigners that join themselves to the LORD to serve him And to love the name of the LORD to be his servants
Everyone that keeps the sabbath from polluting it and takes hold of my covenant Even them will I bring to my holy mountain And make them joyful in my house of prayer
My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea
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Isaiah 56 sung by Psalm Selah. The whole Bible, one chapter at a time.