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Isaiah 56:1-4 New English Translation (NET)

1. This is what the Lord says,“Promote justice! Do what is right!For I am ready to deliver you;I am ready to vindicate you openly.

2. The people who do this will be blessed,the people who commit themselves to obedience,who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.

3. No foreigner who becomes a follower of the Lord should say,‘The Lord will certainly exclude me from his people.’The eunuch should not say,‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

4. For this is what the Lord says:“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbathsand choose what pleases meand are faithful to my covenant,

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