Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 58:13
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13. ( Isaiah 56:2 ; Nehemiah 13:15-22 ). The Sabbath, even under the new dispensation, was to be obligatory ( Nehemiah 13:15-16.13.22- : ). foot —the instrument of motion (compare Proverbs 4:27 ); men are not to travel for mere pleasure on the Sabbath ( Proverbs 4:27- : ). The Jews were forbidden to travel on it farther than the tabernacle or temple. If thou keep thy foot from going on thy own ways and "doing thy pleasure," c. ( Exodus 20:10 Exodus 20:11 ). my holy day —God claims it as His day; to take it for our pleasure is to rob Him of His own. This is the very way in which the Sabbath is mostly broken; it is made a day of carnal pleasure instead of spiritual "delight." holy of the Lord —not the predicate, but the subject; "if thou call the holy (day) of Jehovah honorable"; if thou treat it as a day to be honored. him —or else, it, the Sabbath. not doing . . . own way —answering to, "turn away thy foot from the Sabbath." nor finding . . . pleasure —answering to, "doing thy pleasure." "To keep the Sabbath in an idle manner is the sabbath of oxen and asses; to pass it in a jovial manner is the sabbath of the golden calf, when the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose again to play; to keep it in surfeiting and wantonness is the sabbath of Satan, the devil's holiday" [BISHOP ANDREWES]. nor speaking . . . words —answering to, " call Sabbath a delight . . . honorable." Man's " own words" would "call" it a "weariness"; it is the spiritual nature given from above which "calls it a delight" ( Amos 8:5 ; Malachi 1:13 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"
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