1 This is what the LORD says: "Uphold justice and do what is right, for my salvation is about to come, and my righteousness about to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this, the son of man who grips it tight, who observes the Sabbath and does not profane it, and who holds his hand back from doing any evil."
3 The foreigner who has attached himself to the LORD must not say, "The LORD will certainly cut me off from his people"; and the eunuch must not say, "I am only a dried-up tree."
4 For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths, who choose what I take pleasure in and keep a firm grip on my covenant,
5 I will give within my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give each of them a lasting name that will never be cut off.
6 And the foreigners who attach themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD and to be his servants, all who observe the Sabbath and do not profane it and keep a firm grip on my covenant,
7 I will bring them to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and sacrifices will find acceptance on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."
8 The Lord GOD declares, he who gathers the scattered ones of Israel: "I will gather still more to him besides those already gathered."
9 Come and devour, all you animals of the field, all you animals in the forest!
10 His watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; they are all mute dogs unable to bark, dozing, lying around, fond of sleep.
11 The dogs have a fierce appetite; they never know when they have had enough. And these are shepherds who cannot discern; they have all turned off down their own road, each one after his own profit, to the last man.
12 "Come," they say, "I will fetch wine, and let us guzzle strong drink; tomorrow will be like today, only far better!"