Yesaya 56:3

56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of ¹  the Lord should say,

‘The Lord will certainly ²  exclude me from his people.’

The eunuch should not say,

‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

Yesaya 56:6-7

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of ³  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to ⁴  my covenant –

56:7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;

I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. ⁵ 

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,

for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” ⁶ 

[56:3]  ¹ tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”

[56:3]  ² tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[56:6]  ³ tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

[56:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”

[56:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”

[56:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”