God calls everyone

¹ This is what Yahweh says:

Maintain what is right

and do what is just,

for my salvation is close at hand,

my justice is soon to come.

² Blessed is the mortal who does these things, and perseveres in them, who does not defile the sabbath and who refrains from evil.

³ Let no foreigner say, “Surely Yahweh will exclude me from his people.” Neither let the castrated man say, “I have become a mere dry tree.”

⁴ For this is what Yahweh says: To the castrated men who keep my sabbaths, who choose to do what pleases me and remain faithful to my covenant:

⁵ I will give them in my house and within its walls, a memorial and a name that are worth more than sons and daughters; I will give them a name that will never die away or be forgotten.

⁶ Yahweh says to the foreigners who join him, serving him and loving his name, keeping his sabbath unprofaned and remaining faithful to his covenant:

⁷ I will bring them to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. I will ac cept on my altar their burnt offerings and sacrifices, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.

⁸ Thus says the Lord God, Yahweh, who gathers the exiles of Israel: There are others I will gather besides those already gathered.

Reproaches

⁹ All you wild beasts, come and de vour, all you beasts of the forests!

¹⁰ Blind are Israel’s watchmen: they all see nothing. They are dumb watchdogs they are unable to bark. Lying down and dreaming, they love to slumber.

¹¹ Greedy dogs that are never satisfied; shepherds of no discretion, they all turn their own way, everyone of them to his own gain.

¹² “Come, bring wine,” they say, “and let us all get drunk, and tomorrow will be as today, or perhaps even a happier day.”