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Verse Isaiah 56:5. _I WILL GIVE THEM AN EVERLASTING NAME_] For לו
_lo, him_, in the singular, it is evident that we ought to read למו
_lamo,_ _them_, in the plural: so read the _Septuagint, Syriac,
Ch...
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WILL I GIVE IN MINE HOUSE - That is, they shalt be admitted to all the
privileges of entering my house of prayer, and of being regarded as my
true worshippers, and this shall be to them a more invalua...
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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...
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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...
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PLACE: or, trophy. Hebrew hand....
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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...
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_a place_ A MONUMENT; lit., "a hand." There seems no reason to doubt
that the promise is to be understood literally. An illustration of
what is meant is found in 2 Samuel 18:18, where we read that Abs...
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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...
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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...
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C. WORLDWIDE IS THE INVITATION TO COVENANT RELATIONSHIP, CHAPTER 56
1. DISTINCTIONS DESTROYED
TEXT: Isaiah 56:1-5
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Thus saith Jehovah, Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for my
salvation is ne...
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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...
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PLACE] RV 'memorial.'...
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1, 2. Further conditions to be observed that men may share in the
approaching deliverance....
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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...
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The *Jews considered that to have a large family was a sign of God’s
pleasure (see Psalms 127:3-5).
• In the original language, the word ‘honour’ here translates
the very common word for ‘open hand’....
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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’...
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EVEN UNTO THEM WILL I GIVE... — The words may refer simply to the
spiritual blessedness of the faithful (Revelation 2:17; Revelation
3:5), but the customs of Eastern temples and of the later synagogue...
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וְ נָתַתִּ֨י לָהֶ֜ם בְּ בֵיתִ֤י וּ בְ
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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...
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Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1
CHAPTER XXII
ON THE EVE OF RETURN
Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1,...
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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...
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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...
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Even to them will I give in my (e) house and within my walls a place
and a (f) name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them
an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
(e) Meaning,...
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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...
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5._I will give to them in my house. _Here we see that all men, however
unworthy, may obtain admission into the kingdom of God: he alludes to
Jerusalem, and to the temple in which the Lord placed a mem...
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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....
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EVEN TO THEM WILL I GIVE IN MINE HOUSE AND WITHIN MY WALLS,.... The
Targum is,
"in the house of my sanctuary, and in the land of the house of my
Shechinah;''
meaning the temple at Jerusalem, in the...
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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.
Ver. 5. _Even un...
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_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...
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even unto them will I give in Mine house and within My walls, the
Temple as symbolizing His Church, A PLACE AND A NAME BETTER THAN OF
SONS AND OF DAUGHTERS, of those who claimed recognition on the bas...
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ADMONITION AND COMFORT TO THE AFFLICTED...
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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...
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IN MINE HOUSE; in my temple, to serve me there as priests, which
eunuchs were not allowed to do, LEVITICUS 21:17, &c.; DEUTERONOMY
23:1. WITHIN MY WALLS; in the courts of my temple, which were
encompa...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_Even unto them will I give_
GOD GIVES, BUT NOT INDISCRIMINATELY
Again and again the Lord says “will I give,” and “ I will give.
” He is always giving; He lives to give. God so loved the world that...
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_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...
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_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...
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AN EVERLASTING NAME
I will give them an everlasting name. Isaiah 56:5.
How many names have you, not counting your surname? I daresay some of
you have only one, and wish you had more; others have tw...
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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....
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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,
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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...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 56:1
AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH,
COMBINED WITH PROMISES
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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...
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1 John 3:1; 1 Samuel 1:8; 1 Timothy 3:15; Ephesians 2:22; Hebrews 3:6;...
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In mine house — In my temple. Better — A far greater blessing and
honour than that of having posterity, even my favour, and my spirit,
and eternal felicity....