ISAIAH 56:1_._ A GRACIOUS PROMISE TO PROSELYTES AND EUNUCHS. We find
ourselves conscious in this oracle of a change of atmosphere and
setting. The Temple is built, and the centre of an elaborate ritual.
Refraining from evil and sabbath-keeping are equally yoked. We pass
now to the oracles of Trito-I... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH 56:9 TO ISAIAH 57:2. A DENUNCIATION OF THE RULERS OF THE
COMMUNITY. This oracle seems not to be connected with the preceding,
though, it arises out of the same circumstances.
Yahweh bids the beasts of prey (_cf._ Jeremiah 12:9), hostile nations,
ravage the flock, since the watchdogs are not a... [ Continue Reading ]