Hello and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and we're going
to continue reading together
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in the book of Isaiah. But
before we start let's pray.
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Dear heavenly Father, I ask that
you would please send the Holy
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Spirit to the hearts of everyone
who's listening right now and
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that these words may be used
to the purpose that you intended
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them when they were spoken
from your mouth all those many
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centuries before. Be with us now
as we read. We ask this in the
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name of your son Jesus.
Amen We are beginning to read in
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Isaiah chapter 52. This
is the King James Version.
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Awake, awake; put on thy
strength, O Zion; put on thy
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beautiful garments, O Jerusalem,
the holy city: for henceforth
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there shall no more come into
thee the uncircumcised and the
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unclean. Shake thyself from
the dust; arise, and sit down, O
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Jerusalem: loose thyself from
the bands of thy neck, O captive
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daughter of Zion. For thus
saith the Lord, Ye have sold
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yourselves for nought; and ye
shall be redeemed without money.
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For thus saith the Lord God,
My people went down aforetime
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into Egypt to sojourn there;
and the Assyrian oppressed them
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without cause. Now therefore,
what have I here, saith the
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Lord, that my people is taken
away for nought? they that rule
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over them make them to howl,
saith the Lord; and my name
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continually every day
is blasphemed. Therefore my
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people shall know my name:
therefore they shall know in
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that day that I am he that
doth speak: behold, it is I.
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How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him that
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bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that bringeth
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good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith
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unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Thy watchmen shall lift up the
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voice; with the voice together
shall they sing: for they shall
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see eye to eye, when the Lord
shall bring again Zion. Break
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forth into joy, sing together,
ye waste places of Jerusalem:
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for the Lord hath comforted
his people, he hath redeemed
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Jerusalem. The Lord hath made
bare his holy arm in the eyes of
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all the nations; and all the
ends of the earth shall see the
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salvation of our God. Depart ye,
depart ye, go ye out from thence
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touch no unclean thing; go ye
out of the midst of her; be ye
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clean, that bear the vessels
of the Lord. For ye shall not go
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out with haste, nor go by
flight: for the Lord will go
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before you; and the God of
Israel will be your rereward.
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Behold, my servant shall deal
prudently, he shall be exalted
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and extolled, and be very high.
As many were astonied at thee;
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his visage was so marred more
than any man, and his form more
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than the sons of men: So shall
he sprinkle many nations; the
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kings shall shut their mouths at
him: for that which had not been
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told them shall they see; and
that which they had not heard
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shall they consider.
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Continuing to read
in Isaiah chapter 53
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Who hath believed our report?
and to whom is the arm of the
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Lord revealed? For he shall grow
up before him as a tender plant,
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and as a root out of a dry
ground: he hath no form nor
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comeliness; and when we shall
see him, there is no beauty that
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we should desire him. He is
despised and rejected of men;
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a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief: and we hid as it
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were our faces from him; he was
despised, and we esteemed him
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not. Surely he hath born our
griefs, and carried our sorrows:
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yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
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But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised
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for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace
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was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed. All we
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like sheep have gone astray; we
have turned every one to his own
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way; and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all.
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He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
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mouth: he is brought as a lamb
to the slaughter, and as a sheep
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before her shearers is dumb,
so he openeth not his mouth.
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He was taken from prison
and from judgment: and who shall
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declare his generation? for he
was cut off out of the land of
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the living: for
the transgression of my
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people was he stricken. And he
made his grave with the wicked,
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and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no violence,
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neither was any deceit in his
mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord
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to bruise him; he hath put him
to grief: when thou shalt make
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his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed, he shall
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prolong his days, and the
pleasure of the Lord shall
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prosper in his hand. He shall
see of the travail of his soul,
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and shall be satisfied; by
his knowledge shall my righteous
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servant justify many; for
he shall bear their iniquities.
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Therefore will I divide him a
portion with the great, and he
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shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he hath poured
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out his soul unto death:
and he was numbered with the
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transgressors; and he
bare the sin of many, and made
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intercession for
the transgressors.
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Continuing to
read Isaiah chapter 54
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Sing, O barren, thou that
didst not bear; break forth into
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singing, and cry aloud,
thou that didst not travail with
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child: for more are the children
of the desolate than the
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children of the married wife,
saith the Lord. Enlarge the
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place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of
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thine habitations: spare
not, lengthen thy cords, and
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strengthen thy stakes; for thou
shalt break forth on the right
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hand and on the left; and thy
see shall inherit the Gentiles,
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and make the desolate cities to
be inhabited. Fear not; for thou
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shalt not be ashamed: neither
be thou confounded; for thou
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shalt not be put to shame; for
the shalt forget the shame of
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thy youth, and shalt
not remember the reproach
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of thy widowhood any more. For
thy Maker is thine husband; the
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Lord of hosts is his name;
and thy Redeemer the Holy One of
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Israel; The God of the
whole earth shall he be called.
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For the Lord hath called thee as
a woman forsaken and grieved in
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spirit, and a wife of youth,
when thou wast refused, saith
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thy God. For a small moment
have I forsaken thee; but with
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great mercies will I gather
thee. In a little wrath I hid my
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face from thee for a moment;
but with everlasting kindness
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will I have mercy on thee, saith
the Lord thy Redeemer. For this
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is as the waters of Noah unto
me: for as I have sworn that
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the waters of Noah should no
more go over the earth; so have
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I sworn that I would not be
wrothwith thee, nor rebuke thee.
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For the mountains shall depart,
and the hills be removed; but
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my kindness shall not depart
from thee, neither shall the
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covenant of my peace be
removed, saith the Lord that
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hath mercy on thee. O thou
afflicted, tossed with tempest,
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and not comforted, behold, I
will lay thy stones with fair
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colours, and lay thy foundations
with sapphires. And I will make
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thy windows of agates, and thy
gates of carbuncles, and all thy
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borders of pleasant stones. And
all thy children shall be taught
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of the Lord; and great shall
be the peace of thy children.
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In righteousness shalt thou be
established: thou shalt be far
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from oppression; for thou shalt
not fear: and from terror; for
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it shall not come near thee.
Behold, they shall surely gather
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together, but not by
me: whosoever shall gather
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together against thee shall fall
for thy sake. Behold, I have
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created the smith that bloweth
the coals in the fire, and that
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bringeth forth an instrument
for his work: and I have created
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the waster to destroy. No weapon
that is formed against thee
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shall prosper; and every tongue
that shall arise against thee in
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judgment thou shalt condemn.
This is the heritage of the
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servants of the Lord, and
their righteousness is of me,
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saith the Lord.
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Continuing in Isaiah chapter 55
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Ho, every one that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters, and he
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that hath no money; come
ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy
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wine and milk without money
and without price. Wherefore do
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ye spend money for that which is
not bread? and your labour for
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that which satisfieth not?
hearken diligently unto me, and
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eat ye that which is good, and
let your soul delight itself in
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fatness. Incline your ear,
and come unto me: hear, and your
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soul shall live; and I will
make an everlasting covenant
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with you, even the sure mercies
of David. Behold, I have given
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him for a witness to the people,
a leader and commander to the
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people. Behold, thou shalt call
a nation that thou knowest not,
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and nations that knew not thee
shall run unto thee because of
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the Lord thy God, and for the
Holy One of Israel; for he hath
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glorified thee. Seek ye the Lord
while he may be found, call ye
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upon him while he is near: Let
the wicked forsake his way, and
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the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return
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unto the Lord, and he will have
mercy upon him; and to our God,
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for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your
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thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the Lord.
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For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways
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higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.
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For as the rain cometh down,
and the snow from heaven, and
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returneth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and maketh
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it bring forth and bud, that
it may give seed to the sower,
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and bread to the eater: so shall
my word be that goeth forth out
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my mouth: it shall not return
unto me void, but it shall
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accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the
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thing whereto I sent it. For
ye shall go out with joy, and be
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led forth with peace: the
mountains and the hills shall
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break forth before you into
singing, and all the trees of
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the field shall clap their
hands. Instead of the thorn
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shall come up the fir tree, and
instead of the brier shall come
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the myrtle tree: and it shall
be to the Lord for a name, for
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an everlasting sign
that shall not be cut off.
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Continuing in Isaiah chapter 56
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye
judgment, and do justice: for
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my salvation is near to
come, and my righteousness to be
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revealed. Blessed is the man
that doeth this, and the son of
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man that layeth hold on it;
that keepeth the Sabbath from
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polluting it, and keepeth
his hand from doing any evil.
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Neither let the son of
the stranger, that hath joined
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himself to the Lord, speak,
saying, The Lord hath utterly
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separated me from his people:
neither let the eunuch say,
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Behold, I am a dry tree.
For thus saith the Lord unto the
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eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths,
and choose the things that
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please me, and take hold of my
covenant; Even unto them will I
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give in mine house and within
my walls a place and a name
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better than of sons and of
daughters: I will give them an
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everlasting name, that shall
not be cut off. Also the sons of
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the stranger, that
join themselves to the Lord,
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to serve him, and to love
the name of the Lord, to be his
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servants, every on that keepeth
the Sabbath from polluting it,
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and taketh hold of my covenant;
even them will I bring to my
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holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer:
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their burnt offerings and their
sacrifices shall be accepted
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upon mine alter; for mine house
shall be called an house of
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prayer for all people. The
Lord God, which gathereth the
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outcasts of Israel saith,
Yet will I gather others to him,
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beside those that are gathered
unto him. All ye beasts of
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the field, come to devour, yea,
all ye beasts in the forest.
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His watchmen are blind: they are
all ignorant, they are all dumb
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dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping
lying down, loving to slumber.
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Yea, they are greedy dogs which
can never have enough, and they
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are shepherds that cannot
understand: they all look to
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their own way, every one for his
gain, from his quarter. Come ye,
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say they, I will fetch wine,
and we will fill ourselves with
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strong drink; and tomorrow shall
be as this day, and much more
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abundant.
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Continuing with
Isaiah chapter 57.
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The righteous perisheth, and
no man layeth it to heart: and
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merciful men are taken
away, none considering that the
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righteous is taken away from
the evil go come. He shall enter
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into peace: they shall rest
in their beds, each one walking
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in his uprightness.
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