Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
Service from the Heart
Commentators emphasize that joining God is an affair of the heart, not just outward action. True service flows from a genuine love for God and a 'cheerful disposition.' God desires followers whose obedience is willing and joyful, excluding hypocritical or purely ceremonial worship.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Isaiah
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
5
Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 56:6
18th Century
Theologian
Also the sons of the stranger - (see the note at Isaiah 56:3). The conditions on which they should be admitted to the same privileges are sp…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 56:6
19th Century
Bishop
Also the sons of the stranger ... —Proselytes also were to share in the blessings of the wider covenant. The words “to serve him” …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 56:6
16th Century
Theologian
The children of the foreigner who shall be joined to Jehovah. He repeats the same thing which he had previously said, that God will open t…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
John Gill
On Isaiah 56:6
17th Century
Pastor
Also the sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord, &c.] Having answered the objection and removed the discou…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 56:3–8
17th Century
Minister
Unbelief often suggests things to discourage believers, against which God has expressly guarded. Spiritual blessings are unspeakably better than ha…