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Isaiah 56:1-4 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. Thus says the Lord:Observe what is right, do what is just,for my salvation is about to come,my justice, about to be revealed.

2. Happy is the one who does this,whoever holds fast to it:Keeping the sabbath without profaning it,keeping one’s hand from doing any evil.

3. The foreigner joined to the Lord should not say,“The Lord will surely exclude me from his people”;Nor should the eunuch say,“See, I am a dry tree.”

4. For thus says the Lord:To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths,who choose what pleases me,and who hold fast to my covenant,

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