Isaiah 56:7 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

BSB

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ASV

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 my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

KJV

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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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

HOMILIES ON MARK 83 (Mark 11:15-17) (420)

Is it not written, "He says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations' "? We read this in Isaiah: "But you have made it a den of thieves." …Where we read, "You have made it a den of thieves," John's Gospel had instead, "You have made it a house of business." Wherever there are thieves, there is a house of trafficking. Would that it were applied only to the Jews and not the Christians! We would, indeed, weep for them but rejoice for ourselves.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

Second, as to everyone generally: every one that keeps the sabbath from profaning it. And concerning this, he does two things. First, he sets out the promise, in which he promises restoration of the holy place: I will bring them into my holy mount, namely, …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Observe, Serving him and loving him go together; for those that love him truly will serve him faithfully, and that obedience is most acceptable to him, as well as most pleasant to us, which flows from a principle of love, for then his commandments are not grievous, 1 John

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) That it shall be a house of prayer, not for the people of the Jews only, but for all people. This was fulfilled when Peter was made, not only to perceive it himself, but to tell it to the world, that in every nation he that fears God and works righteousness is accepted of him, Acts x.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jer 3:17). joyful-- (Ro 5:11). burnt offerings . . . sacrifices--spiritual, of which the literal were types (Ro 12:1; 1Pe 2:5). accepted-- (Eph 1:6). altar-- (Heb 13:10), spiritually, the Cross of Christ, which sanctifies our sacrifices of prayer and praise. house . . . for all people--or rather, "peoples." No longer restricted to one favored people (Mal 1:11;

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֞ים	va.ha.vi.'o.Tim	and I will bring them	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַ֣ר	har	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
קָדְשִׁ֗י	kod.shi	holiness my	H6944 →
וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙	ve.si.mach.Tim	and I will make rejoice them	H8055 →
בְּבֵ֣ית	be.Veit	in [the] house of	H1004 →
תְּפִלָּתִ֔י	te.fi.la.Ti	prayer my	H8605 →
עוֹלֹתֵיהֶ֧ם	o.lo.tei.Hem	burnt offerings their	H5930 →
וְזִבְחֵיהֶ֛ם	ve.ziv.chei.Hem	and sacrifices their	H2077 →
לְרָצ֖וֹן	le.ra.Tzon	[will be] for acceptance	H7522 →
עַֽל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מִזְבְּחִ֑י	miz.be.Chi	altar my	H4196 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בֵיתִ֔י	vei.Ti	house my	H1004 →
בֵּית־	beit-	a house of	H1004 →
תְּפִלָּ֥ה	te.fi.Lah	prayer	H8605 →
יִקָּרֵ֖א	yi.ka.Re'	it will be called	H7121 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	for all	H3605 →
הָעַמִּֽים׃	ha.'a.Mim	the peoples	H5971 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 21:13
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
leads to
- Jeremiah 7:11
  Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Luke 19:46
  He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 93:5
  Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 11:17
  Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of…
Through
Mark 11:17
Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of…
leads to
- John 2:16
  To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
- 1 Kings 8:41–48
  And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
- Isaiah 60:7
  All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
Through
Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
leads to
- Isaiah 45:6
  so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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About Isaiah