Keep: Isaiah 1:16-19, Isaiah 26:7-8, Isaiah 55:7; Psalms 24:4-6, Psalms 50:23; Jeremiah 7:3-11; Malachi 4:4; Matthew 3:2; John 7:17
judgment: or, equity
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Isaiah 56:1
Isaiah 56:1
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