Thus says YAHWEH,1 “Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness will be revealed. 2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to YAHWEH, speak, saying, “YAHWEH will surely separate me from his people;” neither let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”
4For thus says YAHWEH, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant, 5I will give them a memorial in my House and within my walls, and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6Also the foreigners who join themselves to YAHWEH, to minister to him, and to love the Name of YAHWEH, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant; 7even them will I 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 will be called a House of Prayer for all nations.2” 8The Lord YAHWEH, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered.”
9All you animals of the field, come to devour, yes, all you animals in the forest. 10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 11Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. 12“Come,” they say, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.”
- 56:1 YAHWEH, the name God revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.” ↩︎
- 56:7 Quoted by Prophet ‘ISA Ibn Maryam when he drove the money-changers and sellers from the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. This event is recorded 3 times in the Injil as follows: Matthew 21:12-13 – ‘ISA entered into the Temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money-changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My House shall be called a House of Prayer,’ but you have made it ‘a den of robbers’!”
Mark 11:17 – He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My House will be called a House of Prayer for all nations‘? But you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
Luke 19:46 – He entered into the Temple, and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My House is a House of Prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!” ↩︎