以赛亚书 56:3

Chinese Union (Simplified)

与 耶 和 华 联 合 的 外 邦 人 不 要 说 ： 耶 和 华 必 定 将 我 从 他 民 中 分 别 出 来 。 太 监 也 不 要 说 ： 我 是 枯 树 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
與耶和華聯合的外族人不要說：“耶和華必把我從他的子民中分別出來。”被閹割了的人也不要說：“看哪！我是一棵枯樹。”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the son: Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:7, Deuteronomy 23:1-3, Zechariah 8:20-23, Matthew 8:10, Matthew 8:11, Acts 8:27, Acts 10:1, Acts 10:2, Acts 10:34, Acts 13:47, Acts 13:48, Acts 17:4, Acts 18:7, Romans 2:10, Romans 2:11, Romans 15:9-12, Romans 15:16, Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 2:22, 1 Peter 1:1

joined: Jeremiah 50:5, Zephaniah 2:11, 1 Corinthians 6:17

The Lord hath: Matthew 15:26, Matthew 15:27, Luke 7:6-8

neither: Isaiah 56:5, Isaiah 39:7, Jeremiah 38:7-13, Jeremiah 39:16, Jeremiah 39:17, Daniel 1:3-21, Matthew 19:12-30, Acts 8:26-40

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:36 - officer Genesis 48:9 - my sons Leviticus 25:45 - General Numbers 9:14 - General Deuteronomy 23:3 - Ammonite Ruth 2:10 - seeing 2 Samuel 22:45 - Strangers 1 Kings 8:41 - a stranger 2 Chronicles 6:32 - the stranger Esther 4:4 - chamberlains Esther 9:27 - all such Ecclesiastes 4:8 - one Isaiah 56:6 - join Acts 10:35 - in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither let the son of the stranger,.... A Gentile, that is so by birth, the son of one that is an alien from the commonwealth of Israel, a stranger from the covenants of promise, and so had no right to come into the congregation of the Lord under the former dispensation; but now the middle wall of partition being broken down, in the times to which this prophecy belongs, such are encouraged to expect admission:

that hath joined himself to the Lord; who, having a spiritual knowledge of him in Christ, loves him, believes in him, gives up himself to him, to walk in his ways and ordinances, and cleaves unto him with full purpose of heart; see Isaiah 44:5 such an one should not speak,

saying, the Lord hath utterly separated me from his people; by a law of his, Deuteronomy 23:3, for now the wall of separation, the ceremonial law, is destroyed, and God declares himself to be the God of the Gentiles, as well as of the Jews; and of all that fear God, and believe in Christ, of every nation, who are accepted with him; and that they are all one in Christ, and all partakers of the same promises and blessings; so strangers, and the sons of strangers, were to have an inheritance among the children of Israel in Gospel times; see Ezekiel 47:22 and therefore should have no reason to speak after this manner:

neither let the eunuch say, behold, I am a dry tree; having no children, nor could have any; and to be written childless was reckoned a reproach and a curse; nor might an eunuch enter the congregation of the Lord, Deuteronomy 23:1, and yet such a man, having the grace of God, and acting agreeably to it, as in the following verse, should not distress himself on the above accounts.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither let the son of the stranger - The foreigner who shall become a proselyte to the true religion.

That hath joined himself - That has embraced the true faith, and become a worshipper of the true God. It is evidently implied here that there would be such proselytes, and that the true religion would be extended so as to include and embrace them. The idea is, that they should be admitted to the same privileges with those who had been long recognized as the people of God.

The Lord hath utterly separated - Let him not esteem himself to be an outcast, or cut off from the privileges of the people of God. This language is used with reference to the opinion which prevailed among the Jews, that the Gentiles were excluded from the privileges of the people of God, and it is designed to intimate that hereafter all such barriers would be broken down. They who entered the church as proselytes from the pagan world, were not to come in with any sense of inferiority in regard to their rights among his people; but they were to feel that all the barriers which had heretofore existed were now broken down, and that all people were on a level. There is to be no assumption of superiority of one nation or rank over another; there is to be no sense of inferiority of one class in reference to another.

Neither let the eunuch say - This class of men was usually set over the harems of the East Esther 2:3, Esther 2:14-15; Esther 4:5; and they were employed also as high officers at court Esther 1:10, Esther 1:12, Esther 1:15; Daniel 1:3; Acts 8:27. The word is sometimes used to denote a minister of court; a court officer in general Genesis 37:6; Genesis 39:1. The Targum often renders the word by רבא rabbâ', “a prince.”

Behold, I am a dry tree - A dry tree is an emblem of that which is barren, useless, unfruitful. By the law of Moses such persons could not be enrolled or numbered in the congregation of the Lord Deuteronomy 23:2. The sense here is, that they should not hereafter be subjected to the religious and civil disabilities to which they had been. These external barriers to the full privileges among the people of God, would be removed. All classes and ranks would be admitted to the same privileges; all would be on the same level (see Isaiah 56:5).