For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs(A) who keep my Sabbaths,
    who choose what pleases me
    and hold fast to my covenant(B)
to them I will give within my temple and its walls(C)
    a memorial(D) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(E)
    that will endure forever.(F)
And foreigners(G) who bind themselves to the Lord
    to minister(H) to him,
to love the name(I) of the Lord,
    and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath(J) without desecrating it
    and who hold fast to my covenant—
these I will bring to my holy mountain(K)
    and give them joy in my house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices(L)
    will be accepted on my altar;
for my house will be called
    a house of prayer for all nations.(M)(N)

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For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

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10 This is the covenant(A) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(D)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(E)[a](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

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