¹This is what the Lord says:

“Maintain justice and act righteously,

For my salvation is drawing near,

As is my righteousness

Which is to be revealed.

²Blessed is the man who does this,

And the son of Adam who holds on to it,

Who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it

And keeps his hand away

From committing any evil.

³And do not let the foreigner

Who is joined to the Lord say,

‘The Lord will surely separate me from his people’,

And do not let the eunuch say,

‘Look, I am dry wood.’ ”

⁴For this is what the Lord says

To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,

And choose what I delight in,

And keep my covenant:

⁵“Now I will give them

A memorial and a name

In my house and within my walls,

Better than sons and daughters.

I will give him an age-abiding name

Which will not be cut off.

⁶And I will allow the foreigners

Who are joined to the Lord

In serving him

And in loving the name of the Lord

To be his servants

– Everyone who keeps the Sabbath

By not profaning it,

And all who keep my covenant.

⁷And I will bring them to my holy mountain,

And I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices

Will be a delight on my altar,

And my house will be called

A house of prayer for all the nations.”

⁸My Lord the Lord,

Who gathers those who were driven out of Israel, says,

“I will yet gather them there,

With those of his company

Who have been gathered.

⁹All you wild animals,

Come to eat

– All you wild animals of the forest.

¹⁰His watchmen are all blind;

They do not know anything.

They are all mute dogs;

They are not able to bark.

They are dreamers, lying down,

Who love to slumber.

¹¹But the dogs have a ferocious appetite

– They do not know satiety –

And they are shepherds who do not know how to discern.

They have all turned their own way

– Each one to his own gain

From his own retreat.

¹²‘Come on’, they say,

‘For I will get wine,

And let us imbibe liquor,

And tomorrow will be like this,

Great and most excellent.’

Reference(s) in Chapter 56: v.7 ↔ Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46.