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Chapter 56
1Thus said the LORD:Observe what is right and do what is just;For soon My salvation shall come,And my deliverance be revealed.
2Happy is the man who does this,The man who holds fast to it:Who keeps the sabbath and does not profane it,And stays his hand from doing any evil.
3Let not the foreigner say,Who has attached himself to the LORD,“The LORD will keep me apart from His people”;And let not the eunuch say,“I am a withered tree.”
4For thus said the LORD:“As for the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths,Who have chosen what I desireAnd hold fast to My covenant—
5I will give them, in My HouseAnd within My walls,A monument and a nameBetter than sons or daughters.I will give them an everlasting nameWhich shall not perish.
6As for the foreignersWho attach themselves to the LORD,To minister to Him,And to love the name of the LORD,To be His servants—All who keep the sabbath and do not profane it,And who hold fast to My covenant—
7I will bring them to My sacred mountAnd let them rejoice in My house of prayer.Their burnt offerings and sacrificesShall be welcome on My altar;For My House shall be calledA house of prayer for all peoples.”
8Thus declares the Lord GOD,Who gathers the dispersed of Israel:“I will gather still more to those already gathered.”
9All you wild beasts, come and devour,All you beasts of the forest!
10The watchmen are blind, all of them,They perceive nothing.They are all dumb dogsThat cannot bark;They lie sprawling,They love to drowse.
11Moreover, the dogs are greedy;They never know satiety.As for the shepherds, they know notWhat it is to give heed.Everyone has turned his own way,Every last one seeks his own advantage.
12“Come, I’ll get some wine;Let us swill liquor.And tomorrow will be just the same,Or even much grander!”
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).