3  Let not ^ythe foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,

“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;

and let not the eunuch say,

“Behold, I am ^za dry tree.”

4  For thus says the Lord:

“To the eunuchs ^xwho keep my Sabbaths,

who choose the things that please me

and hold fast my covenant,

5  ^aI will give in my house and within my walls

a ^bmonument and a name

better than sons and daughters;

^cI will give them an everlasting name

that shall not be cut off.