3 No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord

should say,

“The Lord will exclude me from his people,”d

and the eunuch should not say,

“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”e

4 For the Lord says this:

“For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,

and choose what pleases me,

and hold firmly to my covenant,

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

a memorial and a name

better than sons and daughters.

I will give each of them an everlasting name

that will never be cut off.f