Isaiah 56:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ Suppose an outsider wants to follow the Lord.
    Then that person shouldn’t say,
    “The Lord won’t accept me as one of his people.”
And a eunuch shouldn’t say,
    “I’m like a dry tree
    that doesn’t bear any fruit.”

“Suppose some eunuchs keep my Sabbath days.
    They choose to do what pleases me.
    And they are faithful in keeping my covenant.
⁵ Then I will set up a monument in the area of my temple.
    Their names will be written on it.
    That will be better for them than having sons and daughters.
The names of the eunuchs will be remembered forever.
    They will never be forgotten.