Isaiah 56:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 56

¹Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Isaiah 56:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Romans 13:11-14
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. …
Psalms 85:9
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Matthew 3:2
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Isaiah 1:16-19
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; …
Romans 1:17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Topics

Adjudication at Law Atheism Atonement Attributes of God Citizens Compromise Conscience Conscientiousness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-2)

The scope of these verses is to show that when God is coming towards us in a way of mercy we must go forth to meet him in a way of duty. I. God here tells us what are his intentions of mercy to us (Isa. 56:1): My salvation is near to come —the great salvation wrought out by Jesus Christ (for that was the salvation of which the prophets enquired and searched diligently, 1 Pet. 1:10), typified by th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Is 56:1-12. The Preparation Needed on the Part of Those Who Wish to Be Admitted to the Kingdom of God. 1. judgment--equity. John the Baptist preached similarly a return to righteousness, as needed to prepare men for Messiah’s first coming (Lu 3:3, 8-14). So it shall be before the second coming (Mal 4:4-6). near to come--(Mt 3:2; 4:17), also as to the second coming (Is 62:10, 11; Lu 21:28, 31; Ro 1…