Isaiah 56:3-12 — Legacy Standard Bible

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.”