Isaiah 56

¹Thus says the Lord: Keep justice , and do righteousness , for soon my salvation will come , and my righteousness be revealed .

²Blessed is the man who does this , and the son of man who holds it fast , who keeps the Sabbath , not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil .

³Let not the 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 a dry tree .

⁴For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths , who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant ,

⁵I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters ; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off .

⁶And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to be his servants , everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant —

⁷these I will bring to my holy mountain , and make them joyful in my house of prayer ; their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar ; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples .

⁸The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel , declares , I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered .

⁹All you beasts of the field , come to devour — all you beasts in the forest .

¹⁰His watchmen are blind ; they are all without knowledge ; they are all silent dogs ; they cannot bark , dreaming , lying down , loving to slumber .

¹¹The dogs have a mighty appetite ; they never have enough . But they are shepherds who have no understanding ; they have all turned to their own way , each to his own gain , one and all .

¹²Come , they say, let me get wine ; let us fill ourselves with strong drink ; and tomorrow will be like this day , great beyond measure .