Isaiah 55:10-56:8

English Standard Version

^10 (A)“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
    and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
    ^(B)giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
¹¹ so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
    it shall not return to me empty,
but ^(C)it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
    and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

^12 (D)“For you shall go out in joy
    and be led forth in peace;
^(E)the mountains and the hills before you
    shall break forth into singing,
    and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
^13 (F)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
    instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
    an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

³ Let not ^(I)the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
    “Behold, I am ^(J)a dry tree.”
⁴ For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs ^(K)who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose the things that please me
    and hold fast my covenant,
^5 (L)I will give in my house and within my walls
    a ^(M)monument and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
^(N)I will give them an everlasting name
    that shall not be cut off.

⁶ “And ^(O)the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
    to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
everyone ^(P)who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
    and holds fast my covenant—
^7 (Q)these I will bring to ^(R)my holy mountain,
    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
^(S)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for ^(T)my house shall be called a house of prayer
    for all peoples.”
⁸ The Lord God,
    ^(U)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
^(V)“I will gather yet others to him
    besides those already gathered.”