Passage Research
Isaiah 56 — Sermon Preparation
Foreigners and eunuchs who keep the Sabbath and hold fast the covenant are welcomed into the Lord's house of prayer for all nations. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 56, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 12
- verses
- 179 / 106
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 56 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַר | shâmar | H8104 | 5 | hedge, guard |
| שַׁבָּת | shabbâth | H7676 | 3 | intermission, Sabbath |
| קָבַץ | qâbats | H6908 | 3 | grasp, collect |
| חָזַק | châzaq | H2388 | 3 | fasten, seize |
| לָוָה | lâvâh | H3867 | 2 | twine, unite |
| כֶּלֶב | keleb | H3611 | 2 | dog, prostitute |
| נֵכָר | nêkâr | H5236 | 2 | foreign, foreigner |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 56, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“LVI The blessedness of the Godly without any respect of persons, ver. 1-8. Blind watchmen shall be destroyed, ver. 9-12. 1. 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 were present or at hand, Hab. ii, 3 James v, 8, 9 Rev. xxii, 20. My righteousness - The same thing which he called salvation. 2. The man - Every man not only Jews but Gentiles, as it is explained in the following verses. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Isaiah 56:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Isa 56:7
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