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Isa. 56:1–66:24 How to Prepare for the Coming Glory: “Hold Fast My Covenant.” Isaiah helps readers know how to be God’s servants who will live with him forever.
Isa. 56:1 This verse can be seen as a summary of chs. 1–55. Keep justice, and do righteousness echoes the ideals of chs. 1–39. Be revealed sums up the promises of chs. 40–55 (see 5:7; 16; 9:7; 46:13; 51:5–8).
Isa. 56:2 The Sabbath represents a lifestyle of devotion to the Lord (see Ex. 31:12–17; Ezek. 20:18–20). On the Sabbath command as it applies to Christian believers, see note on Rom. 14:5; also notes on Matt. 12:6–12; Mark 2:27–28; John 5:10; Gal. 4:10; Col. 2:17; Heb. 4:8–10.
Isa. 56:3–5 The foreigner does not need to fear God’s rejection if he has joined himself to the Lord. The eunuch, once he is a believer, receives an eternal place with God (v. 5) that is better than producing physical descendants. The restrictions of Ex. 12:43, 45 and Deut. 23:1 no longer apply.
Isa. 56:8 Yet others not only includes the foreigners and eunuchs of v. 3 but extends as far as the “everyone” of v. 6 and “all peoples” of v. 7 (see John 10:16).
Isa. 56:9–57:13 Selfishly complacent leaders, morally lax people, and idol-worshiping hypocrites have no place in God’s kingdom.
Isa. 56:9–12 In contrast with “the outcasts of Israel” (v. 8) who possess an endless hope, the self-serving leaders of ancient Israel are warned of coming judgment.
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