THE PREPARATION NEEDED ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMITTED TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. (Isa 56:1-12) judgment--equity. John the Baptist preached similarly a return to righteousness, as needed to prepare men for Me…
1Así dijo Jehová: Guardad derecho, y haced justicia; porque cercana está mi salvación para venir, y mi justicia para manifestarse.
2Bienaventurado el hombre que hace esto, y el hijo de hombre que lo abraza; que guarda el día de reposo para no profanarlo, y que guarda su mano de hacer todo mal.
3Y el extranjero que sigue a Jehová no hable diciendo: Me apartará totalmente Jehová de su pueblo. Ni diga el eunuco: He aquí yo soy árbol seco.
4Porque así dijo Jehová: A los eunucos que guarden mis días de reposo, y escojan lo que yo quiero, y abracen mi pacto,
5yo les daré lugar en mi casa y dentro de mis muros, y nombre mejor que el de hijos e hijas; nombre perpetuo les daré, que nunca perecerá.
6Y a los hijos de los extranjeros que sigan a Jehová para servirle, y que amen el nombre de Jehová para ser sus siervos; a todos los que guarden el día de reposo para no profanarlo, y abracen mi pacto,
7yo los llevaré a mi santo monte, y los recrearé en mi casa de oración; sus holocaustos y sus sacrificios serán aceptos sobre mi altar; porque mi casa será llamada casa de oración para todos los pueblos.
8Dice Jehová el Señor, el que reúne a los dispersos de Israel: Aún juntaré sobre él a sus congregados.
9Todas las bestias del campo, todas las fieras del bosque, venid a devorar.
10Sus atalayas son ciegos, todos ellos ignorantes; todos ellos perros mudos, no pueden ladrar; soñolientos, echados, aman el dormir.
11Y esos perros comilones son insaciables; y los pastores mismos no saben entender; todos ellos siguen sus propios caminos, cada uno busca su propio provecho, cada uno por su lado.
12Venid, dicen, tomemos vino, embriaguémonos de sidra; y será el día de mañana como este, o mucho más excelente.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
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I. (Luk 12:43).
(Luk 12:43).
the man--Hebrew, enosh, "a man in humble life," in contradistinction to Hebrew, ish, "one of high rank." Even the humblest, as "the stranger" and "the eunuch" (Isa 56:4, Isa 56:6), are admissible to these privileges.
this . . . it--what follows: "keeping the Sabbath," &c. (Isa 58:13-14; Eze 20:12). A proof that the Sabbath, in the spirit of its obligation, was to be binding under the Gospel (Isa 66:23). That gospel times are referred to is plain, from the blessing not being pronounced on the man who observed the sacrificial ritual of the Jewish law.
layeth hold--image from one grasping firmly some precious object which he is afraid of having forcibly snatched from him. The "Sabbath" here includes all the ordinances of divine worship under the new gospel law.
keepeth . . . hand . . . from . . . evil--The observance of the second table of the law; as the "Sabbath" referred to the first table. Together, they form the whole duty of man, the worship of God and a holy life.
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II. God welcomes all believers, without distinction of persons, under the new economy (Act 10:34-35).
God welcomes all believers, without distinction of persons, under the new economy (Act 10:34-35).
joined . . . to . . . Lord-- (Num 18:4, Num 18:7). "Proselytes."
separated--Proselytes from the Gentiles were not admitted to the same privileges as native Israelites. This barrier between Jews and Gentiles was to be broken down (Eph 2:14-16).
eunuch-- (Act 8:27, &c.). Eunuchs were chamberlains over harems, or court ministers in general.
dry tree--barren (compare Luk 23:31); not admissible into the congregation of Israel (Deu 23:1-3). Under the Gospel the eunuch and stranger should be released from religious and civil disabilities.
III
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III. please me--sacrifice their own pleasure to mine.
please me--sacrifice their own pleasure to mine.
take hold--so "layeth hold" (see on Isa 56:2).
IV
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IV. in mine house--the temple, the emblem of the Church (Ti1 3:15). They shall no longer be confined …
in mine house--the temple, the emblem of the Church (Ti1 3:15). They shall no longer be confined as proselytes were, to the outer court, but shall be admitted "into the holiest" (Heb 10:19-20).
a place--literally, "a hand."
than of sons--Though the eunuch is barren of children (Isa 56:3), I will give him a more lasting name than that of being father of sons and daughters (regarded as a high honor among the Hebrews) (Joh 1:12; Joh 10:3; Jo1 3:1; Rev 2:17; Rev 3:12).
V
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V. join . . . Lord-- (Jer 50:6). Conditions of admission to the privileges of adoption.
join . . . Lord-- (Jer 50:6). Conditions of admission to the privileges of adoption.
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VI. Even them-- (Eph 2:11-13).
Even them-- (Eph 2:11-13).
to my holy mountain--Jerusalem, the seat of the Lord's throne in His coming kingdom (Isa 2:2; Jer 3:17).
joyful-- (Rom 5:11).
burnt offerings . . . sacrifices--spiritual, of which the literal were types (Rom 12:1; Heb 13:15; Pe1 2:5).
accepted-- (Eph 1:6).
altar-- (Heb 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 (Mal 1:11; Joh 4:21, Joh 4:23; Ti1 2:8). To be fully realized at the second coming (Isa 2:2-4). No longer literal, but spiritual sacrifice, namely, "prayer" shall be offered (Psa 141:2; Psa 51:17; Mal 1:11; Mat 21:13).
VII
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VII. Jehovah will not only restore the scattered outcasts of Israel (Isa 11:12; Psa 147:2) to their ow…
Jehovah will not only restore the scattered outcasts of Israel (Isa 11:12; Psa 147:2) to their own land, but "will gather others ('strangers') to him (Israel), besides those gathered" (Margin, "to his gathered"; that is, in addition to the Israelites collected from their dispersion), (Joh 10:16; Eph 1:10; Eph 2:19).
VIII
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VIII. beasts--Gentile idolatrous nations hostile to the Jews, summoned by God to chastise them (Jer 12:…
beasts--Gentile idolatrous nations hostile to the Jews, summoned by God to chastise them (Jer 12:7-9; Jer 50:17; Eze 34:5): the Chaldeans and subsequently the Romans. The mention of the "outcasts of Israel" (Isa 56:8) brings in view the outcasting, caused by the sins of their rulers (Isa 56:10-12).
to devour--namely, Israel.
IX
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IX. His watchmen--Israel's spiritual leaders (Isa 62:6; Eze 3:17).
His watchmen--Israel's spiritual leaders (Isa 62:6; Eze 3:17).
dumb dogs--image from bad shepherds' watchdogs, which fail to give notice, by barking, of the approach of wild beasts.
blind-- (Mat 23:16).
sleeping, lying down--rather, "dreamers, sluggards" [LOWTH]. Not merely sleeping inactive, but under visionary delusions.
loving to slumber--not merely slumbering involuntarily, but loving it.
X
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X. greedy--literally, "strong" (that is, insatiable) in appetite (Eze 34:2-3; Mic 3:11).
greedy--literally, "strong" (that is, insatiable) in appetite (Eze 34:2-3; Mic 3:11).
cannot understand--unable to comprehend the wants of the people, spiritually: so Isa 56:10, "cannot bark."
look to . . . own way--that is, their own selfish interests; not to the spiritual welfare of the people (Jer 6:13; Eze 22:27).
from his quarter--rather, "from the highest to the lowest" [LOWTH]. "From his quarter"; that is, from one end to the other of them, one and all (Gen 19:4).
XI
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XI. fetch wine--language of the national teachers challenging one another to drink. BARNES translates…
fetch wine--language of the national teachers challenging one another to drink. BARNES translates, "I will take another cup" (Isa 5:11).
to-morrow, &c.--Their self-indulgence was habitual and intentional: not merely they drink, but they mean to continue so.
In the midst of the excesses of the unfaithful watchmen (Isa 56:10-12), most of the few that are godly perish: partly by vexation at the prevailing ungodliness; partly by violent death in persecution: prophetical of the persecuting times of Manasseh, before God's judgments in causing the captivity in Babylon; and again those in the last age of the Church, before the final judgments on the apostasy (Kg2 21:16; Mat 23:29-35, Mat 23:37; Rev 11:17). The Hebrew for "perisheth," and "is taken away," expresses a violent death (Mic 7:2).
Next: Isaiah Chapter 57
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Isaiah — Capítulo 56
THE PREPARATION NEEDED ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO WISH TO BE ADMITTED TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. (Isa 56:1-12) judgment--equity. John the Baptist preached similarly a return to righteousness, as needed to prepare men for Me…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Así dijo Jehová: Guardad derecho, y haced justicia; porque cercana está mi salvación para venir, y mi justicia para manifestarse.
2Bienaventurado el hombre que hace esto, y el hijo de hombre que lo abraza; que guarda el día de reposo para no profanarlo, y que guarda su mano de hacer todo mal.
3Y el extranjero que sigue a Jehová no hable diciendo: Me apartará totalmente Jehová de su pueblo. Ni diga el eunuco: He aquí yo soy árbol seco.
4Porque así dijo Jehová: A los eunucos que guarden mis días de reposo, y escojan lo que yo quiero, y abracen mi pacto,
5yo les daré lugar en mi casa y dentro de mis muros, y nombre mejor que el de hijos e hijas; nombre perpetuo les daré, que nunca perecerá.
6Y a los hijos de los extranjeros que sigan a Jehová para servirle, y que amen el nombre de Jehová para ser sus siervos; a todos los que guarden el día de reposo para no profanarlo, y abracen mi pacto,
7yo los llevaré a mi santo monte, y los recrearé en mi casa de oración; sus holocaustos y sus sacrificios serán aceptos sobre mi altar; porque mi casa será llamada casa de oración para todos los pueblos.
8Dice Jehová el Señor, el que reúne a los dispersos de Israel: Aún juntaré sobre él a sus congregados.
9Todas las bestias del campo, todas las fieras del bosque, venid a devorar.
10Sus atalayas son ciegos, todos ellos ignorantes; todos ellos perros mudos, no pueden ladrar; soñolientos, echados, aman el dormir.
11Y esos perros comilones son insaciables; y los pastores mismos no saben entender; todos ellos siguen sus propios caminos, cada uno busca su propio provecho, cada uno por su lado.
12Venid, dicen, tomemos vino, embriaguémonos de sidra; y será el día de mañana como este, o mucho más excelente.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. (Luk 12:43).
Versículo 3
II. God welcomes all believers, without distinction of persons, under the new economy (Act 10:34-35).
Versículo 4
III. please me--sacrifice their own pleasure to mine.
Versículo 5
IV. in mine house--the temple, the emblem of the Church (Ti1 3:15). They shall no longer be confined …
Versículo 6
V. join . . . Lord-- (Jer 50:6). Conditions of admission to the privileges of adoption.
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VI. Even them-- (Eph 2:11-13).
Versículo 8
VII. Jehovah will not only restore the scattered outcasts of Israel (Isa 11:12; Psa 147:2) to their ow…
Versículo 9
VIII. beasts--Gentile idolatrous nations hostile to the Jews, summoned by God to chastise them (Jer 12:…
Versículo 10
IX. His watchmen--Israel's spiritual leaders (Isa 62:6; Eze 3:17).
Versículo 11
X. greedy--literally, "strong" (that is, insatiable) in appetite (Eze 34:2-3; Mic 3:11).
Versículo 12
XI. fetch wine--language of the national teachers challenging one another to drink. BARNES translates…