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Isaiah Chapter 56

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Isaiah

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In this chapter God declares a new covenant with the people of Israel, especially the poor and foreigners, promising them land and a place among the nations. He assures them that He will be their God and that they will be a blessing to others. The focus is on God's justice and the inclusion of the marginalized.

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(1) Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
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Isaiah 1:16Isaiah 1:17Isaiah 1:18Isaiah 1:19Isaiah 26:7Isaiah 26:8Isaiah 55:7Psalms 24:4Psalms 24:5Psalms 24:6Psalms 50:23Jeremiah 7:3

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Isaiah 46:13Isaiah 41:1Isaiah 51:5Psalms 99:4Isaiah 45:8Jeremiah 33:15

(2) Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
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Psalms 1:1Psalms 1:2Psalms 1:3Psalms 15:1Psalms 15:2Psalms 15:3Psalms 15:4Psalms 15:5Psalms 106:3Psalms 112:1Psalms 119:1Psalms 119:2

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Isaiah 56:6Isaiah 58:13Proverbs 13:3Proverbs 19:16Proverbs 21:23Revelation 16:15

(3) Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
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Numbers 18:4Numbers 18:7Deuteronomy 23:1Deuteronomy 23:2Deuteronomy 23:3Zechariah 8:20Zechariah 8:21Zechariah 8:22Zechariah 8:23Matthew 8:10Matthew 8:11Acts 8:27

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Ezekiel 17:24Isaiah 41:19Joel 1:12Ezekiel 20:47Genesis 2:9Matthew 12:33

(4) For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
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Joshua 24:15Psalms 119:111Luke 10:42Isaiah 27:5Isaiah 55:3II Samuel 23:5Jeremiah 50:5Hebrews 6:17

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Matthew 19:12Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3

(5) Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
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Matthew 16:18Ephesians 2:22I Timothy 3:15Hebrews 3:6Isaiah 62:12John 1:12I John 3:1Revelation 3:12I Samuel 1:8Isaiah 55:13Revelation 3:5

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Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55I Kings 6:15Psalms 122:7

(6) Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
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Isaiah 56:3Isaiah 44:5Jeremiah 50:5Acts 2:41Acts 11:23II Corinthians 8:5I Thessalonians 1:9I Thessalonians 1:10Mark 12:30Mark 12:31Mark 12:32Mark 12:33

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Isaiah 56:2Matthew 6:24Luke 16:13Luke 6:32Exodus 31:16Leviticus 26:42

(7) Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
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Isaiah 2:2Isaiah 2:3Isaiah 66:19Isaiah 66:20Psalms 2:6Micah 4:1Micah 4:2Zechariah 8:3Malachi 1:11John 12:20John 12:21John 12:22

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39II Chronicles 29:31Deuteronomy 12:6I Chronicles 29:21II Chronicles 7:7

(8) The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
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Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 11:12Isaiah 27:12Isaiah 27:13Isaiah 54:7Psalms 106:47Psalms 107:2Psalms 107:3Psalms 147:2Jeremiah 30:17Jeremiah 31:10Hosea 1:11

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Leviticus 23:38Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32

(9) All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
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Deuteronomy 28:26Jeremiah 12:9Ezekiel 29:5Ezekiel 39:17Revelation 19:17Revelation 19:18

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Job 5:23Jeremiah 12:9Daniel 4:23Hosea 2:12Genesis 7:8Leviticus 11:2

(10) His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
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Isaiah 52:8Ezekiel 3:17Isaiah 29:10Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 14:14Hosea 4:6Hosea 9:7Hosea 9:8Matthew 15:14Matthew 23:16Matthew 23:17Matthew 23:18

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Matthew 12:22Matthew 15:14Isaiah 42:19

(11) Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
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I Samuel 2:12I Samuel 2:13I Samuel 2:14I Samuel 2:15I Samuel 2:16I Samuel 2:17I Samuel 2:29Ezekiel 13:19Ezekiel 34:2Ezekiel 34:3Micah 3:5Micah 3:11

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Ezekiel 34:2Isaiah 44:18

(12) Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
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Isaiah 5:22Isaiah 28:7Isaiah 28:8Proverbs 31:4Proverbs 31:5Hosea 4:11Amos 6:3Amos 6:4Amos 6:5Amos 6:6Matthew 24:49Matthew 24:50

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Isaiah 28:7Numbers 6:3Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17Haggai 2:4

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