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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:3-7

Outward defects and defilements no hindrance to full communion in the Church of God. In the infancy of humanity, and with a people so carnal as the Israelites, it was necessary to teach the great doctrines of purity and holiness by a material symbolism. Hence the multitude of regulations in the Law concerning defects, blemishes, sources of outward defilement, methods of removing defilements, clean and unclean meats, and the like. God strove to train his people by these out ward shows to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:3-8

The open gate. The temple or house of God ( Isaiah 56:7 ) stands for his kingdom of righteousness; and in exalted vision the prophet foresees the time when it shall stand open to every man—to the stranger or heathen, and even to those physically debarred. It is to be called "a house of prayer for all people. " It is worthy of note that it should be called a house of prayer; the truth is intimated that, in the kingdom of God, sacrifice performed by the few on behalf of the many will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:4

The eunuchs that … take hold of my covenant. The law of Deuteronomy 23:1 shall be abrogated under the new condition of things, for such as "take hold of God's covenant." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:4-6

Disabled ones sharing Divine blessings. From the points of view of the earlier Judaism, eunuchs and strangers were persons placed under special disability. Neither could take full share in national or sanctuary privileges ( Deuteronomy 23:1-8 ). To understand the feeling towards eunuchs we must remember the two prevailing ideas among the Jews, which made offspring seem so desirable. 1 . A man found a sort of quasi-immortality in the feeling that he would live over again in his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:5

In mine house; i.e. "in my Church". Within my walls. Within the walls of my "holy city" (see above, Isaiah 54:11 , Isaiah 54:12 ; Isaiah 50:1-11 :14; Isaiah 42:12 ). A place and a name; or, a memorial and a name; i.e. honourable mention, like that promised to the woman who anointed Christ for his burial ( Matthew 26:13 ). Such mention is found in Matthew 19:12 ; Acts 8:27-39 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:6

Also the sons of the stranger (comp. Isaiah 56:3 ). The proselytes shall not be treated as they fear. On the contrary, God will treat them in exactly the same way as his original people—will conduct them to Palestine, settle them in his "holy mountain,'' admit them to the temple services, accept their burnt offerings and their sacrifices. All this will be a foretaste of their position in the Christian Church, where there will be neither Jew nor Gentile, neither circumcision nor... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:6

Service. "The sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him," etc. This word is often degraded in human speech. "Service" is con-sidereal humiliating, and only mastership is glorious. But "the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister." We are all of us " debtors" to others; we owe them much, and we owe Christ all. I. SERVICE CALLS OUT WHAT IS BEST IN MEN . 1 . Their unselfishness . 2 . Their heroism . 3 . Their ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:7

My house of prayer. In Solomon's address to God at the dedication of the temple, its character, as a house of prayer, is abundantly laid down ( 1 Kings 8:29-53 ). And no doubt it was used for the purpose of prayer, as well as for the purpose of sacrifice, from its first erection to its final destruction. But the purpose of sacrifice so far predominated, in fact, over the other, that the expression, "my house of prayer," comes upon us in this place to some extent as a surprise. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:7

God's house of prayer for everybody. "Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people." These words were quoted by the Lord Jesus when he drove out the shopkeepers who defiled the temple (see Matthew 21:13 ). The prophet declares that the "prayers and praises (those spiritual sacrifices) of devout Gentiles shall be as pleasing to God as those of the pious Jews, and no difference shall be made between them; for, though they are Gentiles by birth, yet through grace they shall be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 56:4

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, shall be admitted to the same privileges as others.That keep my sabbaths - The word is used here in the plural, though the weekly Sabbath is probably particularly intended. It may be, however, that the word is used to represent religious observances in general (see the notes at Isaiah 56:2).And... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:3-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:3-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 56:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 56:4

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