Isaiah 56:2–8

²Blessed 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.”

³Let 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.”

⁴For thus says the Lord:

“To the eunuchs ^xwho keep my Sabbaths,

who choose the things that please me

and hold fast my covenant,

^5aI 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—

^7dthese 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.”

⁸The Lord God,

^hwho gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,

ⁱ“I will gather yet others to him

besides those already gathered.”