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Isaiah 55:2-12

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2 "Why do you spend money for what is 1not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and 2eat what is good, And 3delight yourself in abundance.
3 "4Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may 5live; And I will make 6an everlasting covenant with you, According to the 7faithful mercies shown to David.
4 "Behold, I have made 8him a witness to the peoples, A 9leader and commander for the peoples.
5 "Behold, you will call a 10nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will 11run to you, Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has 12glorified you."
6 13Seek the LORD while He may be found; 14Call upon Him while He is near.
7 15Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his 16thoughts; And let him 17return to the LORD, And He will have 18compassion on him, And to our God, For He will 19abundantly pardon.
8 "For My thoughts are not 20your thoughts, Nor are 21your ways My ways," declares the LORD.
9 "For 22as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 "For as the 23rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without * watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing 24seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My 25word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will 26not return to Me empty, Without * 27accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
12 "For you will go out with 28joy And be led forth with 29peace; The 30mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the 31trees of the field will clap their hands.
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Isaiah 55:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 55

As the two preceding chapters are prophecies of Christ and his church, this treats of his word and ordinances, and of the nature, use, and efficacy of them. It begins with an invitation of thirsty souls to them, Isa 55:1, an expostulation with them for taking wrong methods, and a dissuasive from them, Isa 55:2, which is followed with an exhortation to hear the word of Christ, attend on his ordinances; to which they are encouraged with promises of life and covenant blessings, Isa 55:2,3. Christ is prophesied of in his offices; and the conversion of the Gentiles to him is foretold, Isa 55:4,5, men are called upon to seek the Lord, where and while he might be found; and both wicked and unrighteous persons, forsaking their ways and thoughts, are encouraged to turn to the Lord, in hopes of pardon, and in consideration of his ways and thoughts not being like theirs, Isa 55:6-9, the nature and efficacy of the word of God are expressed and illustrated by the similes of rain and snow, Isa 55:10,11, and the conversion of the Lord's people, in consequence of the word being made effectual, is predicted, the issue of which is the glory of God, Isa 55:12,13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 31

  • 1. Ecclesiastes 6:2; Hosea 8:7
  • 2. Psalms 22:26; Isaiah 1:19; Isaiah 62:8, 9
  • 3. Isaiah 25:6; Jeremiah 31:14
  • 4. Isaiah 51:4
  • 5. Leviticus 18:5; Romans 10:5
  • 6. Isaiah 61:8
  • 7. Acts 13:34
  • 8. Psalms 18:43; Jeremiah 30:9; Hosea 3:5
  • 9. Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24, 25; Daniel 9:25; Micah 5:2
  • 10. Isaiah 45:14, 22-24; Isaiah 49:6, 12, 23
  • 11. Zechariah 8:22
  • 12. Isaiah 60:9
  • 13. Psalms 32:6; Isaiah 45:19, 22; Isaiah 49:8; Amos 5:6
  • 14. Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24
  • 15. Isaiah 1:16, 19; Isaiah 58:6
  • 16. Isaiah 32:7; Isaiah 59:7
  • 17. Isaiah 31:6; Isaiah 44:22
  • 18. Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 54:8, 10
  • 19. Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22
  • 20. Isaiah 65:2; Isaiah 66:18
  • 21. Isaiah 53:6
  • 22. Psalms 103:11
  • 23. Isaiah 30:23
  • 24. 2 Corinthians 9:10
  • 25. Isaiah 45:23; Matthew 24:35
  • 26. Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah 59:21
  • 27. Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 53:10
  • 28. Psalms 105:43; Isaiah 51:11; Isaiah 52:9
  • 29. Isaiah 54:10, 13; Jeremiah 29:11
  • 30. Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 49:13
  • 31. 1 Chronicles 16:33

Footnotes 3

  • [a] Lit "weigh out silver"
  • [b] Lit "your soul"
  • [c] Lit "of David"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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