Isaiah 56:1

¹This is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.a

Isaiah 56 opens the final major section of the book, often called “Trito-Isaiah” (chapters 56–66). It shifts from the promise of return from exile to the challenge of living as God’s restored people. The chapter issues a stunning invitation: foreigners and eunuchs—those excluded by