1 Salvation for the Foreigner Thus says Yahweh,“Keep justice and do righteousness,For My salvation is about to comeAnd My righteousness to be revealed.
2 “How blessed is the man who does this,And the son of man who takes hold of it,Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh say,“Yahweh will surely separate me from His people.”Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
4 For thus says Yahweh,“To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,And choose what pleases Me,And hold fast My covenant,
5 To them I will give in My house and within My walls a 56:5Lit hand memorial,And a name better than that of sons and daughters;I will give 56:5As in DSS; M.T. him them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.
6 ¶“Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh,To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh,To be His 56:6Or servants slaves, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbathAnd takes hold of My covenant,
7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountainAnd make them glad in My house of prayer.Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
8 Lord Yahweh, who gathers the banished of Israel, declares,“YetothersI will gather to 56:8Lit him them, to thosealreadygathered.”
9 ¶All you beasts of the field,All you beasts in the forest,Come to eat.
10 His watchmen are blind;All of them know nothing.All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, 56:10As in DSS; M.T. Ravers Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;
11 And the dogshavea strong 56:11Lit soul appetite; they do not know satisfaction.And they are shepherds who do not know understanding;They have all turned to their own way,Each one to his greedy gain, to the last one.
12 “Come,”they say, “let 56:12As in DSS and many versions; M.T. me us take wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;And tomorrow will be like today— 56:12Lit remainder beyond exceedingly great.”