Bible Commentaries
Sermon Bible Commentary
Isaiah 56
Isaiah 56:2
I. The Sabbath is "polluted" when it is spent in mere idleness.
II. When it is devoted to worldly amusement.
III. By all labour which may not fairly come under the description of works of necessity and mercy.
J. N. Norton, Every Sunday, p. 121.
References: Isaiah 56:2.—E. Blencowe, Plain Sermons to a Country Congregation, 1st series, p. 273. Isaiah 56:7.—J. E. Vaux, Sermon Notes, 3rd series, p. 92; W. Braden, Christian World Pulpit, vol. iv., p. 177. Isaiah 56:8.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxiv., No. 1437. Isaiah 56:12.—J. M. C. Hussey, Christian World Pulpit, vol. vii., p. 129; A. Maclaren, Old Testament Outlines, p. 234. Isaiah 57:1.—J. Keble, Sermons for Saints' Days, p. 41. Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 57:2.—Preacher's Monthly, vol. vii., p. 47. Isaiah 57:10.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xii., No. 684; Homiletic Magazine, vol. vii., p. 145. Isaiah 57:14.—Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxvii., No. 1579; H. W. Beecher, Plymouth Pulpit Sermons, 4th series, p. 67.
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