Isaiah 56:2

“Blessed is the man that doth this, &c.] That does justice, and keeps judgment; he hereby exercises a good conscience both towards God and men; he enjoys communion with God in his ways, worship, and ordinances, he attends unto, and has an evidence of his right to eternal happiness: and the son of man that layeth hold on it; on the salvation of Christ, and his righteousness; which supposes a sense of the insufficiency of a man’s own righteousness, a view of the excellency and suitableness of Christ’s righteousness; and is expressive of a strong act of faith upon it, embracing and retaining it as a man’s own: that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it; by doing any servile work on it, and…”

“(Luk 12:43). the man--Hebrew, enosh, "a man in humble life," in contradistinction to Hebrew, ish, "one of high rank." Even the humblest, as "the stranger" and "the eunuch" (Isa 56:4, Isa 56:6), are admissible to these privileges. this . . . it--what follows: "keeping the Sabbath," &c. (Isa 58:13-14; Eze 20:12). A proof that the Sabbath, in the spirit of its obligation, was to be binding under the Gospel (Isa 66:23). That gospel times are referred to is plain, from the blessing not being pronounced on the man who observed the sacrificial ritual of the Jewish law. layeth hold--image from one grasping firmly some precious object which he is afraid of having forcibly snatched from him. The…”

“Blessed is the man - Hebrew, ‘The blessings of the man’ (see Psalms 1:1). The sense is, ‘happy is the man.’ The word here rendered ‘man’ (אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh) usually denotes a man in humble life or in a subordinate rank, in contradistinction from אישׁ 'ı̂ysh, a man in elevated rank. As the object of the prophet here is particularly to say, that the ‘stranger’ and the ‘eunuch’ would be admitted to these privileges, it is possible that he designedly used a word denoting one in bumble life. The particular blessing to which he refers is specified in Isaiah 56:7-8. That doeth this - That is, this which the prophet soon specifies - keeping the Sabbath, and abstaining from evil. And the son of man -…”

“The man - Every man not only Jews but Gentiles, as it is explained in the following verses. The sabbath - The sabbath seems to be put here, as sacrifice is elsewhere, for the whole worship of God. Isaiah 56:3”

“56:2 Blessed: Cp. 30:18; 32:20; see also Pss 1:1; 119:1; Matt 5:3. • The Sabbath, as a sign of the covenant (Exod 31:13-17), is God’s gift to his people; it belongs to this age as well as to the age to come (Isa 56:4, 6; 58:13-14; see Heb 4:1-13).”

“Blessed: Psa 1:1-3, Psa 15:1-5, Psa 106:3, Psa 112:1, Psa 119:1-5, Psa 128:1; Luk 11:28, Luk 12:43; Joh 13:17; Rev 22:14 layeth: Isa 56:4; Pro 4:13; Ecc 7:18 keepeth the: Isa 58:13; Exo 31:13-16; Lev 19:30; Neh 13:17; Jer 17:21, Jer 17:22; Eze 20:12, Eze 20:20 keepeth his: Psa 34:14, Psa 37:27, Psa 119:101; Pro 4:27, Pro 14:16, Pro 16:6, Pro 16:17; Rom 12:9 Isaiah 56:3”