Chapter 56:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
Isaiah 56
The blessedness of the Godly without any respect of persons,
ver. 1-8. Blind watchmen shall be destroyed, ver. 9-12.
Verse 1. My salvation - That eminent salvation by the Messiah, and in
which, without this you shall have no share. Is near - So the
scripture often speaks of things which are at a great distance, as if
they were present or at hand, Hab. ii, 3 James v, 8, 9 Rev. xxii, 20.
My righteousness - The same thing which he called salvation.
Verse 2. The man - Every man not only Jews but Gentiles, as it is
explained in the following verses. The sabbath - The sabbath
seems to be put here, as sacrifice is elsewhere, for the whole
worship of God.
Verse 3. 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 forbidden to enter into the congregation of the Lord, Deut.
xxiii, 1. Under these two instances he understands all those, who
either by birth, or by any ceremonial pollution, were excluded
from church privileges, and so he throws open the door to all true
believers. A dry tree - A fruitless tree, accursed by God with the
curse of barrenness.
Verse 4. Take hold - That stedfastly keep the conditions of my covenant.
Verse 5. 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.
Verse 7. Mountain - To my house, which stood upon mount Zion. Joyful
- By accepting their services, and comforting their hearts with the
sense of my love. Accepted - They shall have as free access to
mine house and altar, as the Jews themselves, and their services
shall be as acceptable to me. Evangelical worship is here
described under such expressions as agreed to the worship of God
which then was in use.
Verse 8. The Lord - Who will gather to himself, and bring into their own
land, those that are cast out of their own land. Yet - I will make a
far more comprehensive gathering of the Gentiles.
Verse 9. Come - This is a prediction of Israel's destruction by their cruel
enemies. The prophet having largely discoursed concerning the
Messiah, and his kingdom, and having encouraged the Gentiles
with God's gracious promises made to them, now proceeds to
terrify the unbelieving Jews, and to shew that as the Gentiles
would believe, and be saved, so they would reject their Messiah,
and be destroyed.
Verse 10. His - Israel's. Watchmen - Priests and teachers; he mentions
only the teachers, because ignorance was most shameful in them,
but hereby he supposes the gross ignorance of the people. Bark -
They are also slothful and negligent in instructing the people, and
do not faithfully reprove them for their sins.
Verse 11. They look - They regard neither God's glory, nor the peoples
good, but only the satisfaction of their own base desires. Quarter -
In their several stations.
Verse 12. Say they - Unto their brethren, fellow-priests, or other jolly
companions. Fill ourselves - We will drink not only to delight, but
even to drunkenness, as the word signifies, which shews their
dreadful security and contempt of God, and their abandoning of
all care of their own or peoples souls.
Chapter 56:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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