Isaiah 56:2

"The LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed."

Key Reflection

Isaiah 56:2 exhorts the people of God to maintain justice and act with righteousness, emphasizing that these actions are crucial because "the salvation of the LORD is near," and his righteousness will soon be revealed. This verse underscores the immediate call for moral integrity as a reflection of God's imminent intervention and the fulfillment of his promises, highlighting the connection between present ethical behavior and future divine vindication.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Blessed is the man -Hebrew, ‘The blessings of the man’ (seePsalms 1:1). The sense is, ‘happy is the man.’ The word here rendered ‘man’ (אנושׁ'ĕnôsh) usually denotes a man in humble life or in a subordinate rank, in contradistinction fromאישׁ'ı̂ysh, a man in elevated rank. As the object of the prophet here is particularly to say, that the ‘stranger’ and the ‘eunuch’ would be admitted to these privileges, it is possible that he designedly used a word denoting one in bumble life. The particular blessing to which he refers is specified inIsaiah 56:7-8. That doeth this -That is, this which the prophet soon specifies - keeping the Sabbath, and abstaining from evil.

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