Isaiah 56:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment,a and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. ”

Isaiah 56:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord - That is, in view of the fact that the kingdom of God was to come at no distant period. Yahweh states what was necessary to prepare themselves for it, and what was the charac...
Isaiah 56:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD, (a) Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my (b) righteousness to be revealed. (a) God shows what he requires of them after he has delivered...
Isaiah 56:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1-8 . A Gracious Promise to Proselytes and Eunuchs. We find ourselves conscious in this oracle of a change of atmosphere and setting. The Temple is built, and the centre of an elabor...
Isaiah 56:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

justice . righteousness.
Isaiah 56:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Thus saith Jehovah. This is a remarkable passage, in which the Prophet shows what God demands from us, as soon as he holds out tokens of his favor, or promises that he will be ready to be...
Isaiah 56:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isaiah 56:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment - equity. John the Baptist...
Isaiah 56:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Keep ye.. justice ] i.e. keep the law, and practise righteousness.
Isaiah 56:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

LVI. (1) Thus saith the Lord. — Isaiah 56:1-8 form a distinct section, and obviously had an historical starting. point. It has been said (Cheyne, following many other critics) that “the writer...
Isaiah 56:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load our...
Isaiah 56:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessedness of Sabbath-Keeping Isaiah 56:1-12 The bright array of Messianic promises, which occupied the preceding Chapter s, is now followed by a portion of less interest, seeing that our...
Isaiah 56:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This division ends with two Chapter s (56 and 57) which set forth certain aspects of the administration of the Kingdom. The first is intended to comfort those who by recent promises of restoration ma...
Isaiah 56:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The subject of this Chapter is very different from that of the preceding: it consists of threatenings, mingled with promises; cautions to the watchmen of Israel, and an awful account of unf...
Isaiah 56:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, keep ye judgment, and do justice ,.... Observe the word of the Lord, which comes from the God of judgment, is the best informer of the judgment, and the only rule of faith and p...
Isaiah 56:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Ver. 1. Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice, ]...
Isaiah 56:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus saith the Lord This verse, and the rest of this chapter, until Isaiah 56:9 , seems to belong to the foregoing prophecy. From the consideration of God's promises there made to the believing Je...
Isaiah 56:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Promises; Exhortations to Duty. B. C. 706. 1 Thus saith the L ORD , Keep ye...
Isaiah 56:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ISAIAH CHAPTER 56 Blessedness of the godly, without any respect of persons, Isaiah 56:1-8 . Blind watchmen shall be destroyed, Isaiah 56:9-12 . This verse and the rest of this chapter, until...
Isaiah 56:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Welcome Given To Eunuchs and Strangers To Enter Fully Into the House of Yahweh ( Isaiah 56:1-8 ). God's true people are to live in readiness for the day of deliverance ( Isaiah 56:1 b), and o...
Isaiah 56:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE PRESCRIBED METHOD OF WAITING FOR GOD’S SALVATION Isaiah 56:1-2 . Thus saith the Lord, keep ye judgment, &c. [“The doctrine of the passage is simply this, that they who enjoy extraordinar...
Isaiah 56:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 56:1 . Keep ye judgment, as a preparation for the Messiah's advent, who is here called, Salvation; and whose righteousness and mercy are the only ground of a sinner's justification, adoptio...
Isaiah 56:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment Privilege and responsibility The doctrine of the passage is simply this, that they who enjoy extraordinary privileges, or expect extraordinary favours, are...
Isaiah 56:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 56:1-23 AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW , ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH , COMBINED WITH PROMISES . There was much of the Law which it was...
Isaiah 56:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus saith the Lord, the same God of the covenant who has spoken in the foregoing powerful appeals, Keep ye judgment, equity or righteousness in living in conformity with the demands of the covenan...
Isaiah 56:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 1:16-19 ; Isaiah 26:7 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 46:13 ; Isaiah 51:5 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 7:3-11 ; John 7:17 ; Luke 3:3-9 ; Malachi 4:4 ; Mark 1:15 ; Matthew 3:2 ; Matthew 4:17 ;...
Isaiah 56:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Isaiah 56:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 56:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 56:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 56:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 56:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 56:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 56:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 56:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 56:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 56:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 56:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 56:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 56:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 56:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 56:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes