Isaías 56:4

4 Pois assim diz o Senhor a respeito dos eunucos que guardam os meus sábados, e escolhem as coisas que me agradam, e abraçam o meu pacto:

Isaías 56:4 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 56:4

For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
&c.] That fear and serve the Lord; religiously observe all times of divine worship, and walk in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord; show regard to all the institutions of the Gospel, and perform all religious exercises, private and public, on Lord's days, and at other times: and choose the things that please me;
who do that which is wellpleasing unto God, which he has declared in his word to be acceptable to him; and do that from right principles, with right views, and of choice; not forced to it by those who have authority over them, or led to it merely by example and custom: and take hold of my covenant;
not the covenant of circumcision, as Kimchi; for what had eunuchs to do with that? but the covenant of grace, the everlasting covenant, the covenant of peace before spoken of ( Isaiah 14:10 ) ( 55:3 ) , made between the Father and the Son, on account of the elect; which may be said to be taken hold of when a person by faith claims his interest in God as his covenant God; comes to Christ as the Mediator of the covenant; and deals with his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, for pardon, justification, and atonement; regards all the promises and blessings of the covenant as belonging to him and lives by faith on them, as such; so David by faith laid hold on this covenant, ( 2 Samuel 23:5 ) .

Isaías 56:4 In-Context

2 Bem-aventurado o homem que fizer isto, e o filho do homem que lançar mão disto: que se abstém de profanar o sábado, e guarda a sua mão de cometer o mal.

3 E não fale o estrangeiro, que se houver unido ao Senhor, dizendo: Certamente o Senhor me separará do seu povo; nem tampouco diga o eunuco: Eis que eu sou uma árvore seca.

4 Pois assim diz o Senhor a respeito dos eunucos que guardam os meus sábados, e escolhem as coisas que me agradam, e abraçam o meu pacto:

5 Dar-lhes-ei na minha casa e dentro dos meus muros um memorial e um nome melhor do que o de filhos e filhas; um nome eterno darei a cada um deles, que nunca se apagará.

6 E aos estrangeiros, que se unirem ao Senhor, para o servirem, e para amarem o nome do Senhor, sendo deste modo servos seus, todos os que guardarem o sábado, não o profanando, e os que abraçarem o meu pacto,