Isaiah 56:4 (WEB)

Passage

For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant:

Nearby Context

Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Isaiah 56:3 Let no foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

Isaiah 56:4 For Yahweh says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant:

Isaiah 56:5 I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name, that will not be cut off.

Isaiah 56:6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to serve him, and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "says", "eunuchs", "keep", "sabbaths", "choose", "things", and "please". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "says", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Let no foreigner who has joined himself..." into verse 5's "I will give them in my house...", so "yahweh" and "says" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "says" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.