Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 56:1-8
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 56:1-8 ) The first eight verses of this chapter stand by themselves. Strangers to the commonwealth of Israel and eunuchs are gathered in. It is the result of the gracious invitation of the preceding chapter and that again is the result of the work of the Servant of Jehovah and His vicarious suffering. While these verses look forward... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 56:9-12
CHAPTER XXIIITHE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCEIsaiah 56:9-12; Isaiah 57:1-21; Isaiah 58:1-14; Isaiah 59:1-21IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, that there should re-awaken in the exiles the civic conscience; that recollections of those besetting sins of their public life, for which their city and their independence were destroyed, should throng back upon them; that in prospect of their again becoming responsible for the discharge of justice and other... read more