¹Here is what Adonai says:

“Observe justice, do what is right,

for my salvation is close to coming,

my righteousness to being revealed.”

²Happy is the person who does this,

anyone who grasps it firmly,

who keeps Shabbat and does not profane it,

and keeps himself from doing any evil.

³A foreigner joining Adonai should not say,

“Adonai will separate me from his people”;

likewise the eunuch should not say,

“I am only a dried-up tree.”

⁴For here is what Adonai says:

“As for the eunuchs who keep my Shabbat s,

who choose what pleases me

and hold fast to my covenant:

⁵in my house, within my walls,

I will give them power and a name

greater than sons and daughters;

I will give him an everlasting name

that will not be cut off.

⁶“And the foreigners who join themselves to Adonai

to serve him, to love the name of Adonai ,

and to be his workers,

all who keep Shabbat and do not profane it,

and hold fast to my covenant,

⁷I will bring them to my holy mountain

and make them joyful in my house of prayer;

their burnt offerings and sacrifices

will be accepted on my altar;

for my house will be called

a house of prayer for all peoples.”

⁸Adonai Elohim says,

he who gathers Isra’el’s exiles:

“There are yet others I will gather,

besides those gathered already.”

⁹All you wild animals, come and devour,

yes, all you animals in the forest!

¹⁰[Isra’el’s] watchmen are, all of them, blind;

they don’t know anything.

They are all dumb dogs, unable to bark,

lying there dreaming, loving to sleep.

¹¹Greedy dogs, never satisfied —

such are the shepherds, unable to understand;

they all turn to their own way,

each one intent on his own gain:

¹²“Come, I’ll get some wine,

we’ll fill up on good, strong liquor!

Tomorrow will be like today;

in fact, it will be even better!”