Isaiah 56:3-5
New English Translation
3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of[a] the Lord should say,
‘The Lord will certainly[b] exclude me from his people.’
The eunuch should not say,
‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”
4 For this is what the Lord says:
“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths
and choose what pleases me
and are faithful to[c] my covenant,
5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument[d]
that will be better than sons and daughters.
I will set up a permanent monument[e] for them that will remain.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:3 tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”
- Isaiah 56:3 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
- Isaiah 56:4 tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”
- Isaiah 56:5 tn Heb “a hand and a name.” For other examples where יָד (yad) refers to a monument, see HALOT 388 s.v.
- Isaiah 56:5 tn Heb “name” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
Isaiah 56:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 Let not the (A)foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh say,
“Yahweh will surely separate me from His people.”
Nor let the (B)eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
4 For thus says Yahweh,
“To the eunuchs who (C)keep My sabbaths,
And choose what pleases Me,
And (D)hold fast My covenant,
5 To them I will give in My (E)house and within My (F)walls a [a]memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [b]them an everlasting (G)name which (H)will not be cut off.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:5 Lit hand
- Isaiah 56:5 As in DSS; M.T. him
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