Yesaya 56:2-7

56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, ¹ 

the people who commit themselves to obedience, ² 

who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. ³ 

56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of ⁴  the Lord should say,

‘The Lord will certainly ⁵  exclude me from his people.’

The eunuch should not say,

‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

56:4 For this is what the Lord says:

“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths

and choose what pleases me

and are faithful to ⁶  my covenant,

56:5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument ⁷ 

that will be better than sons and daughters.

I will set up a permanent monument ⁸  for them that will remain.

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of ⁹  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to ¹⁰  my covenant –

56:7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;

I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. ¹¹ 

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,

for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” ¹² 

[56:2]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”

[56:2]  ² tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”

[56:2]  ³ tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

[56:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”

[56:3]  ⁵ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[56:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”

[56:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “a hand and a name.” For other examples where יָד (yad) refers to a monument, see HALOT 388 s.v.

[56:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “name” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).

[56:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

[56:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”

[56:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”

[56:7]  ¹² tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”