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\c 56
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\p
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\v 1 Yahweh says to all the people of Judah,
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\q1 "Do the things that are fair and right,
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\q2 because I will soon come to rescue you; I will soon show everyone that you have been right to trust me.
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\q1
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\v 2 I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath days.
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\q1 I will bless those who keep sacred my Sabbath days,
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\q2 and who do not do any work on those days,
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\q2 and who refrain from doing anything that is evil.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Foreigners who have believed in me should not say,
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\q2 'Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.'
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\q1 And eunuchs should not say,
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\q2 'Because I am deformed and unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh;
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\q2 I am like a tree that has completely withered.'
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 4 They should not say that, because I, Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs
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\q2 who obey my laws about the Sabbath,
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\q1 and who choose to do the things that please me,
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\q2 and who obey all the other laws of the covenant that I made with the Israelite people:
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\q1
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\v 5 I will cause people to put inside the walls of my temple a monument to them;
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\q2 because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children;
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\q1 they will be honored forever.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 6 I will also bless those who are not Israelites
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\q2 who join themselves to me,
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\q1 who serve me and worship and love me,
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\q2 who obey my laws about the Sabbath,
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\q1 and who faithfully obey all the other laws of the covenant that I made with the Israelite people.
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\q1
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\v 7 I will bring them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem,
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\q2 and cause them to be very joyful in my temple where people pray to me,
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\q1 and I will accept the sacrifices that they burn on my altar and other sacrifices that they offer,
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\q2 because my temple will be a building where people of all nations pray to me.
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\q1
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\v 8 I, Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been forced to go to other countries, say this:
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\q I will bring from other countries many more people to join those Israelites whom I have brought back."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 "You surrounding nations have armies that are like animals in the forest;
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\q2 come and attack Israel!
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\q1
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\v 10 The Israelite leaders should be like watchdogs to protect the people,
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\q2 but it is as though they were blind.
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\q1 They understand nothing.
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\q2 They are all like dogs that cannot bark.
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\q1 Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach,
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\q2 but the Israelite leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming.
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\q1 Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream.
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\q1
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\v 11 And they are like greedy dogs;
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\q2 they never get all that they want.
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\q1 They are supposed to lead the people, like good shepherds lead their flocks,
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\q2 but they are ignorant,
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\q2 and they each do whatever they want to do.
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\q1
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\v 12 They say to each other, 'Come, let us go and get some wine and other alcoholic drinks,
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\q2 and let us become drunk!
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\q1 And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!'"
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