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,