Isaiah 56
Salvation for the Foreigner
56Thus says Yahweh, “aKeep justice and do righteousness,For My bsalvation is about to comeAnd My righteousness to be revealed.
2“How ablessed is the man who does this,And the son of man who btakes hold of it,Who ckeeps from profaning the sabbath,And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”3Let not the aforeigner who has joined himself to Yahweh say,“Yahweh will surely separate me from His people.”Nor let the beunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”4For thus says Yahweh,“To the eunuchs who akeep My sabbaths,And choose what pleases Me,And bhold fast My covenant,5To them I will give in My ahouse and within My bwalls a 1memorial,And a name better than that of sons and daughters;I will give 2them an everlasting cname which dwill not be cut off.6“Also the aforeigners who join themselves to Yahweh,To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh,To be His 1slaves, every one who bkeeps from profaning the sabbathAnd takes hold of My covenant,7Even athose I will bring to My bholy mountainAnd cmake them glad in My house of prayer.Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on dMy altar;For eMy house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”8Lord Yahweh, who agathers the banished of Israel, declares,“Yet bothers I will gather to 1them, to those already gathered.”9All you abeasts of the field,All you beasts in the forest,Come to eat.10His awatchmen are bblind;All of them know nothing.All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,1Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;11And the dogs have a astrong 1appetite; they do not know satisfaction.And they are shepherds who bdo not know understanding;They have all cturned to their own way,Each one to his greedy gain, to the last one.12“Come,” they say, “let 1us take awine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;And btomorrow will be like today—2beyond exceedingly great.”