Isaiah 56:3
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 56 connects to 10 cross-references. The eschatological community will include foreigners who join themselves to the Lord and eunuchs who keep his sabbaths. God's house will be a house of prayer for all peoples. The chapter closes with a sharp condemnation of Israel's blind watchmen …
Other Translations
Neither let the foreigner, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak, saying, Jehovah will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: `Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo, I am a tree dried up,'
And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.
Cross References
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within …
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the …
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they …
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation …
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than …
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall …
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: …
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the …
But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into the hand …
Go and speak to Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I …