| Isa. 56:1 |
Thus says Jehovah, / Preserve justice and do righteousness, / For My salvation is about to come / And My righteousness [is about] to be revealed. |
| Isa. 56:2 |
Blessed is the man who does this, / And the son of man who takes hold of it, / Who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it / And keeps his hand from doing any evil. |
| Isa. 56:3 |
And let not the son of a foreigner / Who has joined himself to Jehovah speak, saying, / Jehovah will surely separate me from His people; / Nor let the eunuch say, / Now I am a dry tree. |
| Isa. 56:4 |
For thus says Jehovah, / To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths / And choose what pleases Me, / And hold fast My covenant, |
| Isa. 56:5 |
To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name / Better than that of sons and daughters; / I will give them an eternal name / Which will not be cut off. |
| Isa. 56:6 |
Also the children of the foreigner who join themselves to Jehovah, / To minister to Him and to love the name of Jehovah, / To be servants to Him, / Everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it / And holds fast My covenant, |
| Isa. 56:7 |
Even these will I cause to come to My holy mountain / And to rejoice in My house of prayer; / Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable upon My altar; / For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. |
| Isa. 56:8 |
The Lord Jehovah, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares: / Yet will I gather [others] to Him besides those gathered to Him [already.] |
| Isa. 56:9 |
All you animals of the field, come to eat, / All you animals of the forest. |
| Isa. 56:10 |
His watchmen are blind; / All of them know nothing; / All of them are dumb dogs, / They cannot bark; / Dreamers who lie down / [And] love to slumber. |
| Isa. 56:11 |
And these dogs are greedy; / They know no satisfaction. / And they are shepherds / [Who] lack understanding. / All of them have turned to their own way, / Each to his own gain, to the last of them. |
| Isa. 56:12 |
Come, [they say,] let me get some wine, / And let us drink down some liquor; / And tomorrow will be like today, / [Only] much more abundant. |