- Bible
- Isaiah
- Chapter 56
- Verse 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.
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Gill's Exposition
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain,.... The church, called a "mountain" for its height, visibility, and immovableness; see Isa 2:2, especially for the latter; the true members of it being such…
Barnes' Notes
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain - (See the notes at Isa 2:3). That is, they should be admitted to the fellowship and privileges of his people. And make them joyful - In the participation of…
Adam Clarke
Shall be accepted - A word is here lost out of the text: it is supplied from the Septuagint, יהיו yihyu, εσονται, "they shall be." - Houbigant.
The prophet is here, in God's name, encouraging those that were hearty in joining themselves to God and yet laboured under great discouragements. 1. Some were discouraged because they were not of the…
Cambridge Bible
Foreigners who fulfil these conditions have full access to the sanctuary.
make them joyful "cause them to rejoice." The phrase is formed from a common Deuteronomic expression for taking part in the…
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