Salvation for the Foreigner
Thus says Yahweh,
“aKeep justice and do righteousness,
For My bsalvation is about to come
And 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.”
3 Let 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.”
4 For thus says Yahweh,
“To the eunuchs who akeep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And bhold fast My covenant,
5 To them I will give in My ahouse and within My bwalls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them 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 slaves, every one who bkeeps from profaning the sabbath
And takes hold of My covenant,
7 Even athose I will bring to My bholy mountain
And 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.”
8 Lord Yahweh, who agathers the banished of Israel, declares,
“Yet bothers I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”
9 All you abeasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.
10 His awatchmen are bblind;
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;
11 And the dogs have a astrong appetite; 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 us take awine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And btomorrow will be like today—beyond exceedingly great.”