Bible Strands
Isaiah 56:7
I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks to foreigners who have joined themselves to Him, kept the Sabbath, and held fast to His covenant (v.6), promising them access to His holy mountain and house.
The words — תְּפִלָּה (tefillah, "prayer") names the function of the house and is the word Jesus cites in Mark 11:17. שִׂמַּחְתִּי (shimmachti, "I will make rejoice") draws on the root of simchah, tying worship to joy rather than obligation.
The thread — Mark 11:17 quotes the "house of prayer for all nations" phrase directly; Malachi 1:11 echoes the same universal scope with incense and pure offering from every place; Isaiah 2:2 grounds the mountain as the gathering point for the nations.
Why it lands — The verse states that the house of prayer is designed for all nations and that their offerings will be accepted; the reader is asked to reckon with what "all nations" means in practice.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Cross-references
- Mark 11:17 Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
- Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Luke 19:46 He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Matthew 21:13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
- Micah 4:1 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
- Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Psalms 2:6 “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Ephesians 2:11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
- John 4:21 “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.