Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 56

This is what Yahweh says: “Guard what is and do what is , because my is close to arriving and my justice is about to be revealed.” the person who does this, for anyone who holds on to it — who keeps the and doesn’t dishonor it, and who keeps their hands from doing anything harmful.Don’t let the who has joined himself to Yahweh say, “Yahweh will definitely separate me from his people.” And don’t let the say, “Look — I’m just a dried-up tree.”Because this is what Yahweh says to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what I delight in and hold firmly to my :“I will give them, within my house and within my walls, a better than sons and daughters. I will give them a name that lasts forever — one that will never be cut off.”“And the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him, , and to be his servants — everyone who keeps the Sabbath and doesn’t dishonor it and holds firmly to my covenant —““I will bring them to and fill them with joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, because my house will be called a .”This is the declaration of , who of Israel: “I will gather still others to them beyond those already gathered.”All you , come and devour! All you beasts in the forest!Israel’s are blind — all of them. They know nothing. All of them are , lying around dreaming, loving to sleep.And these dogs have — they’re never satisfied. They are who can’t understand anything. All of them have turned to their own way, each one chasing , every last one of them.“Come,” they say, “let me get some wine! Let’s fill up on ! And tomorrow will be just like today — no, even better!”