Isaiah 56:3–8

³No 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

⁴For the Lord says this:

“For the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,

and choose what pleases me,

and hold firmly to my covenant,

⁵I 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

⁶As for the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord

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

and to become his servants—

all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it

and who hold firmly to my covenant—

⁷I will bring them to my holy mountain^g

and let them rejoice in my house of prayer.

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices

will be acceptable on my altar,^h

for my house will be called a house of prayer

for all nations.”ⁱ

⁸This is the declaration of the Lord God,

who gathers the dispersed of Israel:

“I will gather to them still others

besides those already gathered.”^j