Isaiah 56:7
“Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer... for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.”
King James Version
God's house to be 'a house of prayer for all nations' — the words Jesus quoted when He cleansed the temple, including the Gentiles.
Fulfillment References
Mark 11:17 Matthew 21:13 Isaiah 2:2-3 Ephesians 2:18-19
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJesus claimed God's house as 'a house of prayer for all nations' (Mark 11:17) — the one God gathering every people to Himself.
JewishThe foreigner who joins himself to the LORD welcomed to His house — a vision of the temple open to the nations.
CatholicJesus cites this in cleansing the temple; fulfilled as the nations are gathered into God's house of prayer.
ProtestantJesus quotes 'a house of prayer for all nations' (Mark 11:17) — the Gentiles' inclusion in worship, fulfilled in the Church.
OrthodoxGod's house open to all peoples, fulfilled in the Church.
DispensationalThe nations' worship, realized in the present age and the kingdom temple.
AcademicA striking inclusion text in Third-Isaiah; Jesus' temple-cleansing citation foregrounds the 'for all nations' clause.
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