Isaiah 56:2-6

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“How ^(A)blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who ^(B)takes hold of it;
Who ^(C)keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

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Let not the ^(D)foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from His people.”
Nor let the ^(E)eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

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“To the eunuchs who ^(F)keep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And ^(G)hold fast My covenant,

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To them I will give in My ^(H)house and within My ^(I)walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give ^(a)them an everlasting ^(J)name which ^(K)will not be cut off.

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“Also the ^(L)foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord,
To be His servants, every one who ^(M)keeps from profaning the sabbath
And holds fast My covenant;

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 56:5: ['So DSS; M.T. reads ', him]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 56:2: Psalm 112:1; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 119:2

B. Isaiah 56:2: Isaiah 56:4; Isaiah 56:6

C. Isaiah 56:2: Exodus 20:8-11; Exodus 31:13-17; Isaiah 56:6; Isaiah 58:13; Jeremiah 17:21; Jeremiah 17:22; Ezekiel 20:12; Ezekiel 20:20

D. Isaiah 56:3: Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 56:6

E. Isaiah 56:3: Deuteronomy 23:1; Jeremiah 38:7; Acts 8:27

F. Isaiah 56:4: Isaiah 56:2; Isaiah 56:6

G. Isaiah 56:4: Isaiah 56:6

H. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 56:7; Isaiah 66:20

I. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18

J. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 62:2

K. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 48:19; Isaiah 55:13

L. Isaiah 56:6: Isaiah 56:3; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 61:5

M. Isaiah 56:6: Isaiah 56:2; Isaiah 56:4