Isaiah 56:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 56:2

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

BSB

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ASV

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

KJV

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it - Kimchi has an excellent note here. “The Sabbath is sanctified when it is distinguished in dignity; and separated from other days. 1. As to the body, in meat, drink, and clean clothing. 2. As to the soul, that it be empty of worldly occupations, and be busily employed in the words of the law and wisdom, and in meditation on the works of the Lord.” The rabbins say, “Jerusalem had never been destroyed, had not the Sabbaths been profaned in it.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We are not just if we rob God of his time. Sabbath-sanctification is here put for all the duties of the first table, the fruits of our love to God, as justice and judgment are put for all those of the second table, the fruits of our love to our neighbour.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A proof that the Sabbath, in the spirit of its obligation, was to be binding under the Gospel (Isa 66:23). That gospel times are referred to is plain, from the blessing not being pronounced on the man who observed the sacrificial ritual of the Jewish law. layeth hold--image from one grasping firmly some precious object which he is afraid of having forcibly snatched from him.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַשְׁרֵ֤י	'ash.Rei	how blessed!	H835 →
אֱנוֹשׁ֙	'e.no.Vosh	[is the] person	H582 →
יַעֲשֶׂה־	ya.'a.seh-	[who] he does	H6213 →
זֹּ֔את	Zot	this	H2063 →
וּבֶן־	u.ven-	and [the] child of	H1121 →
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
יַחֲזִ֣יק	ya.cha.Zik	[who] he takes hold	H2388 →
בָּ֑הּ	Bah	on it
שֹׁמֵ֤ר	sho.Mer	[who] keeps	H8104 →
שַׁבָּת֙	sha.Bat	[the] sabbath	H7676 →
מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹ	me.cha.le.Lo	from profaning it	H2490 →
וְשֹׁמֵ֥ר	ve.sho.Mer	and [who] keeps	H8104 →
יָד֖וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת	me.'a.Sot	from doing	H6213 →
כָּל־	kol-	any	H3605 →
רָֽע׃ ס	Ra'	evil	H7451 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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.

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Isaiah 58:13
If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor…
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:21–27
  This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
- Psalms 92:1–2
  It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Isaiah 56:2–6
  Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Nehemiah 13:15–22
  In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being…
- Revelation 1:10
  On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Through
Psalms 112:1
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
leads to
- Psalms 128:1
  Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Luke 1:50
  His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
- Isaiah 50:10
  Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him…

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