Isaiah 55:10

10 "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

Isaiah 55:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 55:10

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither
Rain and snow come down from the clouds in the heavens, and do not return again until they have done what they are sent to do, or have produced the following effects; otherwise they may be exhaled into vapours, as they often are, and drawn up again by the sun: but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud;
or, "inebriateth the earth" ^F14; soaks into it, and reaches the seed that is sown in it, and causes that to spring up, and rise into stalk and ear: that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
produce a sufficiency for food both for man and beast, and enough for seed to sow the ground with the following year.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (Ura ta hwrh Ma yk) (ewv an meyush thn ghn) , Sept.; "sed inebriats" Pagninus, Junius & Tremellius; "quin imo inebriavit terram", Montanus.

Isaiah 55:10 In-Context

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD.

9 For as 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 rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

11 so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

12 "For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.