Isaiah 56:3

56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of the Lord should say,

‘The Lord will certainly exclude me from his people.’

The eunuch should not say,

‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

Isaiah 56:6

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to my covenant –


tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”

tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”