Salvation for the Gentiles
1 Thus says theLord:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
# For My salvationisabout to come,
And My righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessedisthe manwhodoes this,
And the son of manwholays hold on it;
# Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 Do not letthe son of the foreigner
Who has joined himself to theLord
Speak, saying,
“TheLordhas utterly separated me from His people”;
# Nor let theeunuch say,
“Here I am, a dry tree.”
4 For thus says theLord:
“To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And hold fast My covenant,
5 Even to them I will give inMy house
# And within My walls a placeand a name
Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.
6 “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to theLord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of theLord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—
7 Even them I willbring to My holy mountain,
# And make them joyful in Myhouse of prayer.
# Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
# Willbeaccepted on My altar;
# ForMy house shall be called a house of prayerfor all nations.”
8 The LordGod,who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says,
# “Yet I will gather to him
Othersbesides those who are gathered to him.”
Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour,
All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmenareblind,
They are all ignorant;
# Theyareall dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes,theyaregreedy dogs
# Whichnever have enough.
And theyareshepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From hisownterritory.
12 “Come,”onesays,“I will bring wine,
# And we will fill ourselves with intoxicatingdrink;
# Tomorrow will beas today,
Andmuch more abundant.”