Isaiah 56

LVI

¹Thus saith Jehovah :

Keep ye judgment, and do justice;

For my salvation is near to come,

And my righteousness to be revealed.

²Blessed is the man that doeth this,

And the son of man that layeth hold on it;

That keepeth the sabbath from profaning it;

And keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

³And let not the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to Jehovah , speak, saying:

Jehovah hath utterly separated me from his people;

Neither let the eunuch say:

Behold! I am a dry tree.

⁴For thus saith Jehovah unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,

And choose that in which I delight,

And take hold of my covenant;

⁵Even unto them will I give in mine house, and within my walls,

A place and a name better than of sons and daughters:

I will give them an everlasting name,

That shall never be cut off.

⁶And the sons of the stranger that join themselves unto Jehovah , to minister unto him,

And to love the name of Jehovah , and to become his servants;

Every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it,

And that taketh hold of my covenant;

⁷Even them will I bring to my holy mountain,

And make them joyful in mine house of prayer:

Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar;

For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

⁸The Lord Jehovah ,

Who gathereth together the outcasts of Israel, saith:

Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

⁹All ye beasts of the field, come to devour;

Yea, all ye beasts of the forest I

¹⁰His watchmen are blind, they are all ignorant;

They are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark;

Dreaming, stretching along, loving to slumber.

¹¹Yea, they are dogs of greedy appetite, they can never have enough;

And the shepherds themselves cannot understand:

They all turn to their own way;

Every one for his gain from his quarter.

¹²Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine,

And we will fill ourselves with strong drink;

And tomorrow shall be as this day,

And much more abundant.