56:1 Thus
said
Jehovah:
`Keep
ye
judgment,
and
do
righteousness,
For
near
[is]
My
salvation
to
come,
And
My
righteousness
to
be
revealed.'
56:2 O
the
happiness
of
a
man
who
doth
this,
And
of
a
son
of
man
who
keepeth
hold
on
it,
Keeping
the
sabbath
from
polluting
it,
And
keeping
his
hand
from
doing
any
evil.
56:3 Nor
speak
let
a
son
of
the
stranger,
Who
is
joined
unto
Jehovah,
saying:
`Jehovah
doth
certainly
separate
me
from
His
people.'
Nor
say
let
the
eunuch,
`Lo,
I
am
a
tree
dried
up,'
56:4 For
thus
said
Jehovah
of
the
eunuchs,
Who
do
keep
My
sabbaths,
And
have
fixed
on
that
which
I
desired,
And
are
keeping
hold
on
My
covenant:
56:5 I
have
given
to
them
in
My
house,
And
within
My
walls
a
station
and
a
name,
Better
than
sons
and
than
daughters,
A
name
age-during
I
give
to
him
That
is
not
cut
off.
56:6 And
sons
of
the
stranger,
who
are
joined
to
Jehovah,
To
serve
Him,
and
to
love
the
name
of
Jehovah,
To
be
to
Him
for
servants,
Every
keeper
of
the
sabbath
from
polluting
it,
And
those
keeping
hold
on
My
covenant.
56:7 I
have
brought
them
unto
My
holy
mountain,
And
caused
them
to
rejoice
in
My
house
of
prayer,
Their
burnt-offerings
and
their
sacrifices
[Are]
for
a
pleasing
thing
on
Mine
altar,
For
My
house,
`A
house
of
prayer,'
Is
called
for
all
the
peoples.
56:8 An
affirmation
of
the
Lord
Jehovah,
Who
is
gathering
the
outcasts
of
Israel:
`Again
I
gather
to
him--to
his
gathered
ones.'
56:9 Every
beast
of
the
field,
Come
to
devour,
every
beast
in
the
forest.
56:10 Blind
[are]
his
watchmen--all
of
them,
They
have
not
known,
All
of
them
[are]
dumb
dogs,
they
are
not
able
to
bark,
Dozing,
lying
down,
loving
to
slumber.
56:11 And
the
dogs
[are]
strong
of
desire,
They
have
not
known
sufficiency,
And
they
[are]
shepherds!
They
have
not
known
understanding,
All
of
them
to
their
own
way
they
did
turn,
Each
to
his
dishonest
gain
from
his
quarter:
56:12 `Come
ye,
I
take
wine,
And
we
drink,
quaff
strong
drink,
And
as
this
day
hath
been
to-morrow,
Great--exceeding
abundant!'