Isaiah 56:1-8

Expanded Bible

“·Give justice to all people [Promote justice],
    and ·do what is right [practice righteousness],
because my salvation ·will come to you soon [draws near].
    Soon ·everyone will know that I do what is right [my righteousness will be revealed].
² The person who ·obeys the law about [keeps from defiling] the Sabbath
    will be blessed,
and the ·person [^Lson of man] who ·does no [keeps his hand from doing] evil
    will be blessed.”

³ Foreigners who have ·joined [committed to] the Lord should not say,
    “The Lord will ·not accept me with [^Lexclude/separate me from] his people [14:1].”
The eunuch should not say,
    “·Because I cannot have children, the Lord will not accept me [^LLook, I am a dry tree].”
⁴ This is what the Lord says:
“This is for the eunuchs who ·obey the law about the Sabbath [keep my Sabbaths]
    and ·do what I want [choose what pleases me]
    and ·keep [hold firmly to] my ·agreement [covenant]:
⁵ I will ·make their names remembered [^Lset up a memorial/monument and a name]
    within my ·Temple [^Lhouse] and its walls.
    It will be better for them than ·children [^Lsons and daughters].
I will give them a name that will last forever,
    that will ·never be forgotten [^Lnot be cut off].
⁶ As for the foreigners who ·join [commit themselves to] the Lord
    to ·worship [minister to] him and love ·him [^Lhis name],
    to serve him,
to ·obey the law about [keep from defiling] the Sabbath,
    and to ·keep [hold firmly to] my ·agreement [covenant]:
⁷ I will bring these people to my holy mountain
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
The offerings and sacrifices
    they place on my altar will ·please me [be accepted],
because my Temple will be called
    a house for prayer for people from all nations [Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46].”
⁸ The Lord God says—
    he who gathers the ·Israelites that were forced to leave their country [outcasts/exiles of Israel]:
“I will ·bring together [gather] other people
    to join those who are already gathered.”