Chapter 56
1 Yahweh says : " Maintain justice and do what is right , for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed .
2 Blessed is the man who does this , and the son of man who holds it fast ; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil ."
3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying, " Yahweh will surely separate me from his people ." Do not let the eunuch say, " Behold , I am a dry tree ."
4 For Yahweh says , " To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths , choose the things that please me , and hold fast to my covenant ,
5 I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters . I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off .
6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him , and to love Yahweh ’s name , to be his servants , everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it , and holds fast my covenant ,
7 I will bring these to my holy mountain , and make them joyful in my house of prayer . Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar ; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples ."
8 The Lord Yahweh , who gathers the outcasts of Israel , says , " I will yet gather others to him , in addition to his own who are gathered ."
9 All you animals of the field , come to devour, all you animals in the forest .
10 His watchmen are blind . They are all without knowledge . They are all mute dogs . They can ’t bark — dreaming, lying down , loving to slumber .
11 Yes, the dogs are greedy . They can never have enough . They are shepherds who can ’t understand . They have all turned to their own way , each one to his gain , from every quarter .
12 " Come ," they say, " I will get wine , and we will fill ourselves with strong drink ; and tomorrow will be as today , great beyond measure ."