Isaiah 56:7-11
English Standard Version
7 (A)these I will bring to (B)my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
(C)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for (D)my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
8 The Lord God,
(E)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
(F)“I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
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9 (G)All you beasts of the field, come to devour—
all you beasts in the forest.
10 (H)His watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent (I)dogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 (J)The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But (K)they are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
(L)each to his own gain, one and all.
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