23:055:006 Seek ye the lord while he may be found,
call ye upon him while
he
is near:
23:055:007 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his
thoughts:
and let him return unto the lord, and he will
have
mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
23:055:008 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways
my
ways, saith the lord.
23:055:009 For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways
higher
than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
23:055:010 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow
from heaven, and
returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it
bring
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower,
and
bread
to the eater:
23:055:011 So shall my word be that goeth forth out
of my mouth: it shall
not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which
I
please,
and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
23:055:012 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led
forth with peace: the
mountains
and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their
hands.
23:055:013 Instead of the thorn shall come up the
fir tree, and instead
of
the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it
shall be to
the
lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that
shall not be
cut
off.
23:056:001 Thus saith the lord, Keep ye judgment,
and do justice: for my
salvation
is near to come, and my righteousness to be
revealed.
23:056:002 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.
23:056:003 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.
23:056:004 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;
23:056:005 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.
23:056:006 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;


