3 Do not let athe son of the foreigner Who has joined himself to the Lord Speak, saying, “The Lord has utterly separated me from His people”; Nor let the beunuch say, “Here I am, a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the Lord: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant,
5 Even to them I will give1 in aMy house And within My walls a place band 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 the Lord, to serve Him, And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants— Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant—
7 Even them I will abring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My bhouse of prayer. cTheir burnt offerings and their sacrifices Willbedaccepted on My altar; For eMy house shall be called a house of prayer ffor all nations.”
8 The Lord God, awho gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, b“Yet I will gather to him Others besides those who are gathered to him.”
Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9aAll you beasts of the field, come to devour, All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen areablind, They are all ignorant; bThey are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; 1Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes, theyareagreedy dogs Whichbnever have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand; They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory.
12 “Come,” onesays, “I will bring wine, And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating adrink; bTomorrow will be cas today, And much more abundant.”
in mine house—the temple, the emblem of the Church (I Timothy 3:15). They shall no longer be confined as proselytes were, to the outer court, but shall be admitted "into the holiest" (Hebrews 10:19-20).
a place—literally, "a hand."
than of sons—Though the eunuch is barren of children (Isaiah 56:3), I will give him a more lasting name than that of being father of sons and daughters (regarded as a high honor among the Hebrews) (John 1:12; John 10:3; I John 3:1; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:12).
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