Isaiah 56:2-6

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Happy is the man who does this,
anyone who maintains this,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.^(A)

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No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;^(B)
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”^(C)

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For the Lord says this:
“For the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
and choose what pleases Me,
and hold firmly to My covenant,

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I will give them, in My house and within My walls,
a memorial and a name
better than sons and daughters.
I will give each of them an everlasting name
that will never be cut off.^(D)

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And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord
minister to Him, love the name of Yahweh
and become His servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold firmly to My covenant—

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 56:2: Isaiah 58:13

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

C. Isaiah 56:3: Deuteronomy 23:1

D. Isaiah 56:5: Isaiah 55:13