56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of 2 the Lord should say,
‘The Lord will certainly 3 exclude me from his people.’
The eunuch should not say,
‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”
56:4 For this is what the Lord says:
“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths
and choose what pleases me
and are faithful to 4 my covenant,
1 tn Heb “Some of your sons, who go out from you, whom you father.”
2 tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”
3 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
4 tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”