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Isaiah 56:3-8

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

3. Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree. 4. For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5. Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6. Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices [shall be] accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. 8. The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

Isaiah 56:3-8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 56:3

Theological / Devotional

Son of the stranger. That is, the Gentile converted to Judaism.

Separated me. The Gentile convert was not to feel himself in any way inferior to those who had been born Jews. Both were to share equally in the privileges and responsibilities involved in the covenant relationship.

A dry tree. A dry tree could bear no fruit. Eunuchs were, according to the law, not to “enter into the congregation of the Lord” (see on Deut. 23:1), that is, not to participate in the services of the Temple. Isaiah here assures such persons of God’s impartial love and acceptance. They were not to feel forsaken by God or despised and forgotten in Israel.

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