1  Thus says the Lord:

“Keep justice, and do righteousness,

^wfor soon my salvation will come,

and my righteousness be revealed.

2  Blessed is the man who does this,

and the son of man who holds it fast,

^xwho keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,

and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

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.

6  “And ^ythe foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,

to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,

and to be his servants,

everyone ^xwho keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,

and holds fast my covenant—

7  ^dthese I will bring to ^emy holy mountain,

and make them joyful in my house of prayer;

^ftheir burnt offerings and their sacrifices

will be accepted on my altar;

for ^gmy house shall be called a house of prayer

for all peoples.”

8  The Lord God,

^hwho gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,

ⁱ“I will gather yet others to him

besides those already gathered.”

9  ^jAll you beasts of the field, come to devour—

all you beasts in the forest.

10  ^kHis watchmen are blind;

they are all without knowledge;

they are all silent ^ldogs;

they cannot bark,

dreaming, lying down,

loving to slumber.

11  ^mThe dogs have a mighty appetite;

they never have enough.

But ⁿthey are shepherds who have no understanding;

they have all turned to their own way,

^oeach to his own gain, one and all.

12  ^p“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;

let us fill ourselves with strong drink;

^qand tomorrow will be like this day,

great beyond measure.”