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Salvation for the Foreigner

¹ Thus says Yahweh,

"^(C1)Keep justice and do righteousness,
For My ^(C2)salvation is about to come
And My righteousness to be revealed.

² "How ^(C1)blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who ^(C2)takes hold of it,
Who ^(C3)keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil."

³ Let not the ^(C1)foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh say,
"Yahweh will surely separate me from His people."
Nor let the ^(C2)eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."

⁴ For thus says Yahweh,
"To the eunuchs who ^(C1)keep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And ^(C2)hold fast My covenant,

⁵ To them I will give in My ^(C1)house and within My ^(C2)walls a ^(F1)memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give ^(F2)them an everlasting ^(C3)name which ^(C4)will not be cut off.

⁶ "Also the ^(C1)foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh,
To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh,
To be His ^(F1)slaves, every one who ^(C2)keeps from profaning the sabbath
And takes hold of My covenant,

⁷ Even ^(C1)those I will bring to My ^(C2)holy mountain
And ^(C3)make them glad in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on ^(C4)My altar;
For ^(C5)My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."

⁸ Lord Yahweh, who ^(C1)gathers the banished of Israel, declares,
"Yet ^(C2)others I will gather to ^(F1)them, to those already gathered."

⁹ All you ^(C1)beasts of the field,
All you beasts in the forest,
Come to eat.

¹⁰ His ^(C1)watchmen are ^(C2)blind;
All of them know nothing.
All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,
^(F1)Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

¹¹ And the dogs have a ^(C1)strong ^(F1)appetite; they do not know satisfaction.
And they are shepherds who ^(C2)do not know understanding;
They have all ^(C3)turned to their own way,
Each one to his greedy gain, to the last one.

¹² "Come," they say, "let ^(F1)us take ^(C1)wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And ^(C2)tomorrow will be like today—^(F2)beyond exceedingly great."