Isaiah 56:7

Isaiah 56:7

5 Even to them I will give¹ in ^aMy house
And within My walls a place ^band a name
Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.

6 “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—

7 Even them I will ^abring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My ^bhouse of prayer.
^cTheir burnt offerings and their sacrifices
Will be ^daccepted on My altar;
For ^eMy house shall be called a house of prayer ^ffor all nations.”

8 The Lord God, ^awho gathers the outcasts of Israel, says,
^b“Yet I will gather to him
Others besides those who are gathered to him.”

Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders

9 ^aAll you beasts of the field, come to devour,
All you beasts in the forest.

10 His watchmen are ^ablind,
They are all ignorant;
^bThey are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
¹Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Even them— (Ephesians 2:11-13).

to my holy mountain—Jerusalem, the seat of the Lord's throne in His coming kingdom (Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:17).

joyful— (Romans 5:11).

burnt offerings . . . sacrifices—spiritual, of which the literal were types (Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15; I Peter 2:5).

accepted— (Ephesians 1:6).

altar— (Hebrews 13:10), spiritually, the Cross of Christ, which sanctifies our sacrifices of prayer and praise.

house . . . for all people—or rather, "peoples." No longer restricted to one favored people (Malachi 1:11; John 4:21, John 4:23; I Timothy 2:8). To be fully realized at the second coming (Isaiah 2:2-4). No longer literal, but spiritual sacrifice, namely, "prayer" shall be offered (Psalms 141:2; Psalms 51:17; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 21:13).

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