Salvation for Foreigners

56 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
(A)for soon my salvation will come,
    and my righteousness be revealed.

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Salvation for Others

56 This is what the Lord says:

“Maintain justice(A)
    and do what is right,(B)
for my salvation(C) is close at hand
    and my righteousness(D) will soon be revealed.

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“And (A)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 (B)who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
    and holds fast my covenant—
(C)these I will bring to (D)my holy mountain,
    and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
(E)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
    will be accepted on my altar;
for (F)my house shall be called a house of prayer
    for all peoples.”
The Lord God,
    (G)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
(H)“I will gather yet others to him
    besides those already gathered.”

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And foreigners(A) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister(B) to him,
to love the name(C) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath(D) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
these I will bring to my holy mountain(E)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(F)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.(G)(H)
The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(I) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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