Choose the things that please me; that observe my commands, not by custom, or force, or fear, but by free choice, and full consent, with love to them and delight in them. Take hold of my covenant; that resolvedly and stedfastly keep the conditions of my covenant.
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO THE EUNUCHS - Even the eunuchs, who have hitherto been excluded from the privileges of the people of God, and who have been regarded as a separated and degraded people, sh...
CHAPTER 56 Salvation Enjoyed by the Strangers and Eunuchs 1. _Strangers and servants joined unto the Lord to serve Him and to love the Name of the Lord (Isaiah 56:1) _ The first eight verses of this...
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 ritua...
CHOOSE. See note on Isaiah 1:29....
In spite of his disability the God-fearing eunuch shall be recognised as a worthy member of the congregation of Jehovah, and his name shall be had in everlasting honour in the new Israel. _that keep m...
DISCOURSE: 988 ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL SINCERE WORSHIPPERS Isaiah 56:4. Thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant: Even...
NEITHER LET THE SON OF THE STRANGER, &C.— The _strangers_ and _eunuchs_ were excluded from the privileges of native Jews. In this period they are informed that the time is coming when those distinctio...
C. WORLDWIDE IS THE INVITATION TO COVENANT RELATIONSHIP, CHAPTER 56 1. DISTINCTIONS DESTROYED TEXT: Isaiah 56:1-5 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is ne...
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO THE EUNUCHS THAT ... PLEASE ME - th...
1, 2. Further conditions to be observed that men may share in the approaching deliverance....
To be born as a *Jew is to be a member of the *Lord’s *covenant people. But the responsibilities of that membership include the need to obey the *Lord. That is much more important to God than someone’...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 56 GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCLUDE ALL NATIONS V1 (This is what the *Lord says to his people...
Jesus used the word ‘*eunuch’ to describe one who does not marry, so as to be free to serve God (see Matthew 19:12). • Isaiah 54:1-3 contains a similar promise for women without children. Men and wom...
כִּי ־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַ † סָּֽרִיסִים֙...
BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load oursel...
Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1 CHAPTER XXII ON THE EVE OF RETURN Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1,...
THE BLESSEDNESS OF SABBATH-KEEPING Isaiah 56:1-12 The bright array of Messianic promises, which occupied the preceding Chapter s, is now followed by a portion of less interest, seeing that our attent...
This division ends with two Chapter s (56 and 57) which set forth certain aspects of the administration of the Kingdom. The first is intended to comfort those who by recent promises of restoration mad...
Eunuchs. It was ignominious to have no children among the Jews, as the propagation of the true religion depended much on their numbers. But now, since the Church is gathered from all nations, virginit...
The sorrow of Israel was great, if any family or tribe went childless; Jeremiah 22:30. And the reason, over and above the common affliction of barrenness in a house, was, because the prospect Israel l...
4._For thus saith Jehovah. _Now follows a confirmation; for the sincere worshippers of God, who keep the sabbaths and follow the righteousness of the Law, though they be “eunuchs,” (97) or labor under...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57. Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things. Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the Gentiles....
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO THE EUNUCHS THAT KEEP MY SABBATHS,.... That fear and serve the Lord; religiously observe all times of divine worship, and walk in all the commandments and ordinances of th...
For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Ver. 4. _For thus saith the Lord._] Who "comforteth those that ar...
Isa. 56:3, 4, etc. Here is plainly a prophecy of the abrogating of some of the Law of Moses. In gospel times [this shall be,] or particularly those in Deuteronomy 23:1-3. See 1 Chronicles 23:6; Jeremi...
_Neither let the son of the stranger_ The Gentile, who by birth is a stranger to God, and to the commonwealth of Israel. _That hath joined himself to the Lord_ That hath turned from dumb idols to the...
For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and take hold of My covenant, observing the will and command of the Lord in every respect, thereby...
ADMONITION AND COMFORT TO THE AFFLICTED...
3-8 Unbelief often suggests things to discourage believers, against which God has expressly guarded. Spiritual blessings are unspeakably better than having sons and daughters; for children are a care...
Isaiah 56:4 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 eunuchs H5631 keep H8104 (H8799) Sabbaths H7676 choose H977 ...
THE WELCOME GIVEN TO EUNUCHS AND STRANGERS TO ENTER FULLY INTO THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 56:1). God's true people are to live in readiness for the day of deliverance (Isaiah 56:1 b), and one day whe...
CONTENTS: Solemn instruction given to all to make conscience of duty. Charge against the careless and unfaithful. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The more assurance God gives us of the performance of H...
Isaiah 56:1. _Keep ye judgment,_ as a preparation for the Messiah's advent, who is here called, Salvation; and whose righteousness and mercy are the only ground of a sinner's justification, adoption,...
_For thus saith the Lord_ CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S PEOPLE The pride of ancestry, and boast of ceremonial exclusiveness and glorying in the flesh, the Lord, by His prophet, looking for...
_Neither let the son of the stranger_ “THE SON OF THE STRANGER” “The son of the stranger” means simply the individual foreigner (R.., “the stranger”), not one whose father was a foreigner. (_Prof. J...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:1 How to Prepare for the Coming Glory: “Hold Fast My Covenant.” Isaiah helps readers know how to be God’s servants who will live with him forever....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:3 The FOREIGNER does not need to fear God’s rejection if he HAS JOINED HIMSELF TO THE LORD. The EUNUCH, once he is a believer,
CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S PEOPLE Isaiah 56:4. _For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep My Sabbaths, &c._ The pride of ancestry, and boast of ceremonial exclusiveness, and glo...
JOINED TO THE LORD Isaiah 56:3; Isaiah 56:6. _The sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord_. The end of all worship is union with God. To this most glorious issue all the revelations of...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 56:1 AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH, COMBINED WITH PROMISES
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah 56:1-12. In Isaiah 55:1-13 the Lord speaks of this glorious everlasting salvation and the glories of His greatness, His power. "As the heavens are higher than...
2 Samuel 23:5; Hebrews 6:17; Isaiah 27:5; Isaiah 55:3; Jeremiah 50:5;...
Take hold — That stedfastly keep the conditions of my covenant....