Isaia 55:2

2 Perché spendete danaro per ciò che non è pane? e il frutto delle vostre fatiche per ciò che non sazia? Ascoltatemi attentamente e mangerete ciò ch’è buono, e l’anima vostra godrà di cibi succulenti!

Isaia 55:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 55:2

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?
&c.] Lavish away time, opportunities, and strength, in reading and hearing false doctrine, which is not bread, but chaff; is not wholesome, does not nourish, but is harmful and destructive; eats as does a canker, instead of feeding and refreshing; such as the vain philosophy of the Gentiles, the traditions of the Jews, and the errors and heresies of false teachers: and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
labouring to seek for happiness in worldly things, which is not to be had; or to obtain righteousness by the works of the law, which is not to be attained to in that way; all such labour is in vain, no satisfaction is enjoyed, nor peace and comfort had, nor any solid food; these are husks which swine eat: hearken diligently unto me;
not the prophet, but the Lord himself. The Targum renders it,

``my Word;''

the essential Word, Christ Jesus, hearken to his doctrine, which is bread, and of a satisfying nature: and eat ye that which is good;
not the law, as the Jewish commentators; but the good word of God, the Gospel, which being found and eaten by faith, or mixed with faith by them that hear it, and so digested, is the joy and rejoicing of the heart: and let your soul delight itself in fatness;
in the goodness and fatness of the Lord's house, attending on the word and ordinances with spiritual pleasure and delight; and which is the way to become fat and flourishing in spiritual things; see ( Psalms 36:8 ) ( 65:4 ) .

Isaia 55:2 In-Context

1 O voi tutti che siete assetati, venite alle acque, e voi che non avete danaro venite, comprate, mangiate! Venite, comprate senza danaro, senza pagare, vino e latte!

2 Perché spendete danaro per ciò che non è pane? e il frutto delle vostre fatiche per ciò che non sazia? Ascoltatemi attentamente e mangerete ciò ch’è buono, e l’anima vostra godrà di cibi succulenti!

3 Inclinate l’orecchio, e venite a me; ascoltate, e l’anima vostra vivrà; io fermerò con voi un patto eterno, vi largirò le grazie stabili promesse a Davide.

4 Ecco, io l’ho dato come testimonio ai popoli, come principe e governatore dei popoli.

5 Ecco, tu chiamerai nazioni che non conosci, e nazioni che non ti conoscono accorreranno a te, a motivo dell’Eterno, del tuo Dio, del Santo d’Israele, perch’Ei ti avrà glorificato.