Neither let the son of the foreigner, that (d) hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.
(d) Let no one think himself unfit to receive the graces of the Lord: for the Lord will take away all impediments, and will forsake no one who will keep his true religion, and believe in him.
NEITHER LET THE SON OF THE STRANGER - The foreigner who shall become a proselyte to the true religion. THAT HATH JOINED HIMSELF - That has embraced the true faith, and become a worshipper of the true...
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...
STRANGER. foreigner. Hebrew. _nakar._ See Proverbs 5:3. SPEAK. think. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._...
_the son of the stranger_means simply the individual foreigner (R.V. THE STRANGER), not one whose father was a foreigner. _The Lord hath utterly separated_ Render with R.V., WILL SURELY SEPARATE. The...
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...
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. NE...
1, 2. Further conditions to be observed that men may share in the approaching deliverance....
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...
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’...
In particular, God’s people were not to do any work on the *Sabbath. This copied God’s own decision not to work on the day after he had created the world (see Genesis 2:2 and Exodus 20:8-11). • The f...
NEITHER LET THE SON OF THE STRANGER... — Two classes of persons were likely to suffer specially from Manasseh’s policy — (1) the heathen proselytes, who, as in Psalms 87, had been admitted as citizens...
וְ אַל ־יֹאמַ֣ר בֶּן ־הַ נֵּכָ֗ר הַ
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...
People. The Jews would not admit all nations to their communion, Deuteronomy xxxiii. 1. A little before Christ's coming, they began to make more proselytes; (Matthew xxiii. 15.) and the sacred books b...
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...
3._And let not the son who is a foreigner _(96) _say. _The Prophet shows that this grace of God shall be such that even they who formerly were estranged from him, and against whom the door might be sa...
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....
NEITHER LET THE SON OF THE STRANGER,.... A Gentile, that is so by birth, the son of one that is an alien from the commonwealth of Israel, a stranger from the covenants of promise, and so had no right...
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree. Ve...
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...
Neither let the son of the stranger that hath joined himself to the Lord, the non-Israelite, the proselyte from among the Gentiles, SPEAK, SAYING, THE LORD HATH UTTERLY SEPARATED ME FROM HIS PEOPLE, s...
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...
THE SON OF THE STRANGER; the stranger, as _the son of man_ is the same with _the man_, ISAIAH 56:2; the Gentile, who by birth is a stranger to God, and to the commonwealth of Israel. THAT HATH JOINED...
Isaiah 56:3 son H1121 foreigner H5236 joined H3867 (H8738) LORD H3068 Speak H559 (H8799) saying H559 ...
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,...
_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,
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...
1 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Peter 1:1; Acts 10:1; Acts 10:2; Acts 10:34;...
The stranger — The stranger, the Gentile, who by birth is a stranger to God, that hath turned from dumb idols to the living God. The eunuch — Who is here joined with the stranger, because he was forbi...
Did Isaiah predict there would be homosexuals in the kingdom? PROBLEM: According to some pro-homosexual interpreters, Isaiah 56:3 prophesied homosexuals will be brought into the kingdom of God. The Lo...