Isaiah 56:2
How happy the frail man, who doeth this! Yea the son of the earth-born who firmly graspeth it! Keeping the sabbath lest he profane it, and Keeping his own hand from doing any wrong.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 20:8Remember the sabbath day, to hallow it:
Exodus 31:13Thou thyself, therefore, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Surely, my sabbaths, shall ye keep, for, a sign it is betwixt me and you to your generations, that ye may know that I Yahweh do hallow you.
Nehemiah 13:17so I contended with the nobles of Judah,—and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day?
Psalms 15:1O Yahweh! Who shall be a guest in thy tent? Who shall abide in thy holy mountain?
Psalms 37:27Turn from evil, and do good, and so settle down, unto times age-abiding.
Psalms 112:1Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 56:2-3
Evangelical Promises; Exhortations to Duty. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Thus saith the Lord , Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →