13IN PLACE OF THE THORNBUSH IT WILL GROW UP A CYPRESS AND IN PLACE OF THE NETTLE IT WILL GROW UP A MYRTLE TREE AND IT WILL BECOME FOR YAHWEH <INTO> A NAME <INTO> A SIGN OF PERPETUITY [WHICH] NOT IT WILL BE CUT DOWN 13Instead of the thornbush, the cypress*NoteCloseOr pine or juniper or fir will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
1THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH KEEP JUSTICE AND DO RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR [IS] NEAR SALVATION MY TO COME AND RIGHTEOUSNESS MY TO BE REVEALED Salvation for Foreigners 1This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
2HOW BLESSED! [IS THE] PERSON [WHO] HE DOES THIS AND [THE] CHILD OF HUMANKIND [WHO] HE TAKES HOLD ON IT [WHO] KEEPS [THE] SABBATH FROM PROFANING IT AND [WHO] KEEPS HAND HIS FROM DOING ANY EVIL 2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3AND MAY NOT HE SAY [THE] SON OF <THE> FOREIGNNESS WHO <HE> HAS JOINED HIMSELF TO YAHWEH <TO> SAYING CERTAINLY <TO SEPARATE> HE WILL SEPARATE ME YAHWEH FROM WITH PEOPLE HIS AND MAY NOT HE SAY THE EUNUCH HERE! I [AM] A TREE DRY 3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
4FOR THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH TO THE EUNUCHS WHO THEY KEEP <OBJ.> SABBATHS MY AND THEY CHOOSE <IN> [THAT] WHICH I DESIRE AND [THEY ARE] KEEPING HOLD ON COVENANT MY 4For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—
5AND I WILL GIVE TO THEM IN HOUSE MY AND IN WALLS MY A MONUMENT AND A NAME GOOD MORE THAN SONS AND MORE THAN DAUGHTERS A NAME OF PERPETUITY I WILL GIVE TO HIM WHICH NOT IT WILL BE CUT OFF 5I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.
6AND [THE] SONS OF <THE> FOREIGNNESS WHO JOIN THEMSELVES TO YAHWEH TO SERVE HIM AND TO LOVE <OBJ.> [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH TO BECOME OF HIM <INTO> SERVANTS EVERY [ONE WHO] KEEPS [THE] SABBATH FROM PROFANING IT AND [THOSE WHO] KEEP HOLD ON COVENANT MY 6And 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 without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
7AND I WILL BRING THEM TO [THE] MOUNTAIN OF HOLINESS MY AND I WILL MAKE REJOICE THEM IN [THE] HOUSE OF PRAYER MY BURNT OFFERINGS THEIR AND SACRIFICES THEIR [WILL BE] FOR ACCEPTANCE ON ALTAR MY FOR HOUSE MY A HOUSE OF PRAYER IT WILL BE CALLED FOR ALL THE PEOPLES 7I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer*NoteCloseCited in Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, and Luke 19:46 for all the nations.”
8[THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH [WHO] GATHERS [THE] BANISHED [ONES] OF ISRAEL STILL I WILL GATHER TO IT TO GATHERED [ONES] ITS 8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
9O EVERY ANIMAL OF [THE] FIELD COME TO DEVOUR O EVERY ANIMAL IN THE FOREST Israel’s Sinful Leaders 9Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
10WATCHMEN ITS [ARE] BLIND ALL OF THEM NOT THEY KNOW ALL OF THEM [ARE] DOGS DUMB NOT THEY ARE ABLE TO BARK [THEY] DREAM [THEY] LIE DOWN [THEY] LOVE <OF> TO SLUMBER 10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
11AND THE DOGS [ARE] MIGHTY OF APPETITE NOT THEY KNOW SATIETY AND THEY [ARE] SHEPHERDS NOT THEY KNOW TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THEM TO OWN WAY THEIR THEY HAVE TURNED EVERYONE TO OWN UNJUST GAIN HIS FROM END HIS 11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
12COME LET ME TAKE WINE AND LET US DRINK STRONG DRINK AND IT WILL BE LIKE THIS DAY TOMORROW GREAT ABUNDANCE EXCEEDINGLY 12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”