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.

Even unto them will I give in mine house - the temple, the emblem of the Church (). They shall no longer be confined, as proselytes were, to the outer court, but shall be admitted "into the Holiest" (Hebrews 10:19).

A place - literally, a hand.

And a name better than of sons. Though the eunuch is barren of children (), I will give him a more lasting name than that of being father of sons and daughters, which was regarded as a high honour among the Hebrews (; ; ; ; ).

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