Isaías 55:2

2 ¿Por qué gastar su dinero en alimentos que no les dan fuerza?
¿Por qué pagar por comida que no les hace ningún bien?
Escúchenme, y comerán lo que es bueno;
disfrutarán de la mejor comida.

Isaías 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 ) .

Isaías 55:2 In-Context

1 Invitación a la salvación del Señor
»¿Alguien tiene sed?
Venga y beba,
¡aunque no tenga dinero!
Vengan, tomen vino o leche,
¡es todo gratis!

2 ¿Por qué gastar su dinero en alimentos que no les dan fuerza?
¿Por qué pagar por comida que no les hace ningún bien?
Escúchenme, y comerán lo que es bueno;
disfrutarán de la mejor comida.

3 »Vengan a mí con los oídos bien abiertos.
Escuchen, y encontrarán vida.
Haré un pacto eterno con ustedes.
Les daré el amor inagotable que le prometí a David.

4 Vean cómo lo usé a él para manifestar mi poder entre los pueblos;
lo convertí en un líder entre las naciones.

5 Tú también darás órdenes a naciones que no conoces,
y pueblos desconocidos vendrán corriendo a obedecerte,
porque yo, el Señor
tu Dios,
el Santo de Israel, te hice glorioso».