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Selected Verse: Isaiah 56:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| Isa 56:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Neither let the son [01121] of the stranger [05236], that hath joined [03867] himself to the LORD [03068], speak [0559], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] hath utterly [0914] separated [0914] me from his people [05971]: neither let the eunuch [05631] say [0559], Behold, I am a dry [03002] tree [06086]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Neither let the son of the stranger - The foreigner who shall become a proselyte to the true religion.
That hath joined himself - That has embraced the true faith, and become a worshipper of the true God. It is evidently implied here that there would be such proselytes, and that the true religion would be extended so as to include and embrace them. The idea is, that they should be admitted to the same privileges with those who had been long recognized as the people of God.
The Lord hath utterly separated - Let him not esteem himself to be an outcast, or cut off from the privileges of the people of God. This language is used with reference to the opinion which prevailed among the Jews, that the Gentiles were excluded from the privileges of the people of God, and it is designed to intimate that hereafter all such barriers would be broken down. They who entered the church as proselytes from the pagan world, were not to come in with any sense of inferiority in regard to their rights among his people; but they were to feel that all the barriers which had heretofore existed were now broken down, and that all people were on a level. There is to be no assumption of superiority of one nation or rank over another; there is to be no sense of inferiority of one class in reference to another.
Neither let the eunuch say - This class of men was usually set over the harems of the East Est 2:3, Est 2:14-15; Est 4:5; and they were employed also as high officers at court Est 1:10, Est 1:12, Est 1:15; Dan 1:3; Act 8:27. The word is sometimes used to denote a minister of court; a court officer in general Gen 37:6; Gen 39:1. The Targum often renders the word by רבא rabbâ', "a prince."
Behold, I am a dry tree - A dry tree is an emblem of that which is barren, useless, unfruitful. By the law of Moses such persons could not be enrolled or numbered in the congregation of the Lord Deu 23:2. The sense here is, that they should not hereafter be subjected to the religious and civil disabilities to which they had been. These external barriers to the full privileges among the people of God, would be removed. All classes and ranks would be admitted to the same privileges; all would be on the same level (see Isa 56:5). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The אשרי (blessed) of Isa 56:2 is now extended to those who might imagine that they had no right to console themselves with the promises which it contained. "And let not the foreigner, who hath not joined himself to Jehovah, speak thus: Assuredly Jehovah will cut me off from His people; and let not the eunuch say, I am only a dry tree." As נלוה is not pointed as a participle (נלוה), but as a 3rd pers. pres., the ה of הנּלוה is equivalent to אשׁר, as in Jos 10:24; Gen 18:21; Gen 21:3; Gen 46:27; Kg1 11:9 (Ges. 109). By the eunuchs we are to understand those of Israelitish descent, as the attributive clause is not repeated in their case. Heathen, who professed the religion of Jehovah, and had attached themselves to Israel, might be afraid lest, when Israel should be restored to its native land, according to the promise, as a holy and glorious community with a thoroughly priestly character, Jehovah would no longer tolerate them, i.e., would forbid their receiving full citizenship. יבדּילני has the connecting vowel , as in Gen 19:19; Gen 29:32, instead of the usual ē. And the Israelitish eunuchs, who had been mutilated against their will, that they might serve at heathen courts or in the houses of foreign lords, and therefore had not been unfaithful to Jehovah, might be afraid lest, as unfruitful trees, they should be pronounced unworthy of standing in the congregation of Jehovah. There was more ground for the anxiety of the latter than for that of the former. For the law in Deu 23:4-7 merely prohibits Ammonites and Moabites for all time to come from reception into the congregation, on account of their unbrotherly conduct towards the Israelites as they came out of Egypt, whilst that in Deu 23:8-9 prohibits the reception of Edomites and Egyptians to the third generation; so that there was no prohibition as to other allies - such, for example, as the Babylonians. On the other hand, the law in Deu 23:2 expressly declares, as an expression of the horror of God at any such mutilation of nature, and for the purpose of precluding it, that no kind of emasculated person is to enter the congregation of Jehovah. But prophecy breaks through these limits of the law. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The stranger - The stranger, the Gentile, who by birth is a stranger to God, that hath turned from dumb idols to the living God. The eunuch - Who is here joined with the stranger, because he was forbidden to enter into the congregation of the Lord, Deu 23:1. Under these two instances he understands all those, who either by birth, or by any ceremonial pollution, were excluded from church privileges, and so he throws open the door to all true believers. A dry tree - A fruitless tree, accursed by God with the curse of barrenness. |
1 He that is wounded in the stones [06481] [01795], or hath his privy member [08212] cut off [03772], shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068].
2 A bastard [04464] shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068]; even to his tenth [06224] generation [01755] shall he not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068].
3 An Ammonite [05984] or Moabite [04125] shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068]; even to their tenth [06224] generation [01755] shall they not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068] for [05704] ever [05769]:
31 For [3754] if [1487] they do [4160] these things [5023] in [1722] a green [5200] tree [3586], what [5101] shall be done [1096] in [1722] the dry [3584]?
27 And [2532] he arose [450] and went [4198]: and [2532], behold [2400], a man [435] of Ethiopia [128], an eunuch [2135] of great authority [1413] under Candace [2582] queen [938] of the Ethiopians [128], who [3739] had [2258] the charge of [1909] all [3956] her [846] treasure [1047], and [3739] had come [2064] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419] for to worship [4352],
14 For [1063] he [846] is [2076] our [2257] peace [1515], who [3588] hath made [4160] both [297] one [1520], and [2532] hath broken down [3089] the middle wall [3320] of partition [5418] between us;
15 Having abolished [2673] in [1722] his [846] flesh [4561] the enmity [2189], even the law [3551] of commandments [1785] contained in [1722] ordinances [1378]; for to [2443] make [2936] in [1722] himself [1438] of twain [1417] one [1519] [1520] new [2537] man [444], so making [4160] peace [1515];
16 And [2532] that he might reconcile [604] both [297] unto God [2316] in [1722] one [1520] body [4983] by [1223] the cross [4716], having slain [615] the enmity [2189] thereby [1722] [846]:
7 Therefore thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall keep [08104] your priest's office [03550] for every thing [01697] of the altar [04196], and within [01004] the vail [06532]; and ye shall serve [05647]: I have given [05414] your priest's office [03550] unto you as a service [05656] of gift [04979]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].
4 And they shall be joined [03867] unto thee, and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], for all the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168]: and a stranger [02114] shall not come nigh [07126] unto you.
34 Then [1161] Peter [4074] opened [455] his mouth [4750], and said [2036], Of [1909] a truth [225] I perceive [2638] that [3754] God [2316] is [2076] no [3756] respecter of persons [4381]:
35 But [235] in [1722] every [3956] nation [1484] he that feareth [5399] him [846], and [2532] worketh [2038] righteousness [1343], is [2076] accepted [1184] with him [846].
5 Even unto them will I give [05414] in mine house [01004] and within my walls [02346] a place [03027] and a name [08034] better [02896] than of sons [01121] and of daughters [01323]: I will give [05414] them an everlasting [05769] name [08034], that shall not be cut off [03772].
2 A bastard [04464] shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068]; even to his tenth [06224] generation [01755] shall he not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068].
1 And Joseph [03130] was brought down [03381] to Egypt [04714]; and Potiphar [06318], an officer [05631] of Pharaoh [06547], captain [08269] of the guard [02876], an Egyptian [0376] [04713], bought [07069] him of the hands [03027] of the Ishmeelites [03459], which had brought him down [03381] thither.
6 And he said [0559] unto them, Hear [08085], I pray you, this dream [02472] which I have dreamed [02492]:
27 And [2532] he arose [450] and went [4198]: and [2532], behold [2400], a man [435] of Ethiopia [128], an eunuch [2135] of great authority [1413] under Candace [2582] queen [938] of the Ethiopians [128], who [3739] had [2258] the charge of [1909] all [3956] her [846] treasure [1047], and [3739] had come [2064] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419] for to worship [4352],
3 And the king [04428] spake [0559] unto Ashpenaz [0828] the master [07227] of his eunuchs [05631], that he should bring [0935] certain of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and of the king's [04410] seed [02233], and of the princes [06579];
15 What shall we do [06213] unto the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] according to law [01881], because she hath not performed [06213] the commandment [03982] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] by [03027] the chamberlains [05631]?
12 But the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] refused [03985] to come [0935] at the king's [04428] commandment [01697] by [03027] his chamberlains [05631]: therefore was the king [04428] very [03966] wroth [07107], and his anger [02534] burned [01197] in him.
10 On the seventh [07637] day [03117], when the heart [03820] of the king [04428] was merry [02896] with wine [03196], he commanded [0559] Mehuman [04104], Biztha [0968], Harbona [02726], Bigtha [0903], and Abagtha [05], Zethar [02242], and Carcas [03752], the seven [07651] chamberlains [05631] that served [08334] in the presence [06440] of Ahasuerus [0325] the king [04428],
5 Then called [07121] Esther [0635] for Hatach [02047], one of the king's [04428] chamberlains [05631], whom he had appointed [05975] to attend [06440] upon her, and gave him a commandment [06680] to Mordecai [04782], to know [03045] what it was, and why it was.
14 In the evening [06153] she went [0935], and on the morrow [01242] she returned [07725] into the second [08145] house [01004] of the women [0802], to the custody [03027] of Shaashgaz [08190], the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], which kept [08104] the concubines [06370]: she came in [0935] unto the king [04428] no more, except the king [04428] delighted [02654] in her, and that she were called [07121] by name [08034].
15 Now when the turn [08447] of Esther [0635], the daughter [01323] of Abihail [032] the uncle [01730] of Mordecai [04782], who had taken [03947] her for his daughter [01323], was come [05060] to go in [0935] unto the king [04428], she required [01245] nothing [01697] but what Hegai [01896] the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], the keeper [08104] of the women [0802], appointed [0559]. And Esther [0635] obtained [05375] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of all them that looked [07200] upon her.
3 And let the king [04428] appoint [06485] officers [06496] in all the provinces [04082] of his kingdom [04438], that they may gather together [06908] all the fair [02896] [04758] young [05291] virgins [01330] unto Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], to the house [01004] of the women [0802], unto the custody [03027] of Hege [01896] the king's [04428] chamberlain [05631], keeper [08104] of the women [0802]; and let their things for purification [08562] be given [05414] them:
2 A bastard [04464] shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068]; even to his tenth [06224] generation [01755] shall he not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068].
8 The children [01121] that are begotten [03205] of them shall enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068] in their third [07992] generation [01755].
9 When the host [04264] goeth forth [03318] against thine enemies [0341], then keep [08104] thee from every wicked [07451] thing [01697].
4 Because [01697] they met [06923] you not with bread [03899] and with water [04325] in the way [01870], when ye came forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]; and because they hired [07936] against thee Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] of Pethor [06604] of Mesopotamia [0763], to curse [07043] thee.
5 Nevertheless the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; but the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] turned [02015] the curse [07045] into a blessing [01293] unto thee, because the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] loved [0157] thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek [01875] their peace [07965] nor their prosperity [02896] all thy days [03117] for ever [05769].
7 Thou shalt not abhor [08581] an Edomite [0130]; for he is thy brother [0251]: thou shalt not abhor [08581] an Egyptian [04713]; because thou wast a stranger [01616] in his land [0776].
32 And Leah [03812] conceived [02029], and bare [03205] a son [01121], and she called [07121] his name [08034] Reuben [07205]: for [03588] she said [0559], Surely [03588] the LORD [03068] hath looked [07200] upon my affliction [06040]; now therefore [03588] my husband [0376] will love [0157] me.
19 Behold now, thy servant [05650] hath found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], and thou hast magnified [01431] thy mercy [02617], which thou hast shewed [06213] unto me [05978] in saving [02421] my life [05315]; and I cannot [03201] escape [04422] to the mountain [02022], lest some evil [07451] take [01692] me, and I die [04191]:
9 And the LORD [03068] was angry [0599] with Solomon [08010], because his heart [03824] was turned [05186] from the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], which had appeared [07200] unto him twice [06471],
27 And the sons [01121] of Joseph [03130], which were born [03205] him in Egypt [04714], were two [08147] souls [05315]: all the souls [05315] of the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], which came [0935] into Egypt [04714], were threescore and ten [07657].
3 And Abraham [085] called [07121] the name [08034] of his son [01121] that was born [03205] unto him, whom Sarah [08283] bare [03205] to him, Isaac [03327].
21 I will go down [03381] now, and see [07200] whether they have done [06213] altogether [03617] according to the cry [06818] of it, which is come [0935] unto me; and if not, I will know [03045].
24 And it came to pass, when they brought out [03318] those kings [04428] unto Joshua [03091], that Joshua [03091] called [07121] for all the men [0376] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto the captains [07101] of the men [0582] of war [04421] which went [01980] with him, Come near [07126], put [07760] your feet [07272] upon the necks [06677] of these kings [04428]. And they came near [07126], and put [07760] their feet [07272] upon the necks [06677] of them.
2 Blessed [0835] is the man [0582] that doeth [06213] this, and the son [01121] of man [0120] that layeth hold [02388] on it; that keepeth [08104] the sabbath [07676] from polluting [02490] it, and keepeth [08104] his hand [03027] from doing [06213] any evil [07451].
1 He that is wounded in the stones [06481] [01795], or hath his privy member [08212] cut off [03772], shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068].