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For thus says the Lord:
To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose the things that please me
    and hold fast my covenant,(A)
I will give, in my house and within my walls,
    a monument and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
    that shall not be cut off.(B)

And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
    to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath and do not profane it
    and hold fast my covenant—(C)
these I will bring to my holy mountain
    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar,
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
    for all peoples.(D)
Thus says the Lord God,
    who gathers the outcasts of Israel:
I will gather others to them
    besides those already gathered.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 56.8 Heb besides his gathered ones

For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs(A) who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant(B)
to them I will give within my temple and its walls(C)
    a memorial(D) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(E)
    that will endure forever.(F)
And foreigners(G) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister(H) to him,
to love the name(I) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath(J) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
these I will bring to my holy mountain(K)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(L)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.(M)(N)
The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(O) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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