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SO SHALL MY WORD BE - All the truth which God reveals is as much
adapted to produce an effect on the hard and sterile hearts of men as
the rain is on the earth.
IT SHALL NOT RETURN UNTO ME VOID - It...
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CHAPTER 55 SALVATION'S OFFER AND PROVISION
1. _The invitation to everyone and the promise (Isaiah 55:1) _ 2. _The
sure mercies of David (Isaiah 55:3) _ 3. _The exhortation to seek and
to forsake (Isai...
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SEEK YAHWEH, FOR THE GREAT DELIVERANCE IS AT HAND. Let the exiles seek
Yahweh, for the time is at hand. His plans for His people reach beyond
their own as far as the heavens are exalted above the eart...
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MY WORD BE THAT GOETH. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 8:3;
Deuteronomy 32:2).
SHALL. shall assuredly....
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This purpose of salvation is embodied in the word which goes forth
from Jehovah's mouth. The "word" is conceived as endowed with a
self-fulfilling energy (see on ch. Isaiah 9:8); and its silent but
ir...
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_return … void_ EMPTY, having achieved nothing, as 2 Samuel 1:22.
_but it shall accomplish_ WITHOUT HAVING ACCOMPLISHED, as in Isaiah
55:10....
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DISCOURSE: 986
RESEMBLANCE OF THE GOSPEL TO RAIN AND SNOW
Isaiah 55:10. As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and
returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring
forth...
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FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS— This whole period consists of
two comparative sentences; the one of which sets forth the height and
sublimity of the thoughts and ways of God, above the thoughts...
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2. EXTENT
TEXT: Isaiah 55:6-13
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Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is
near:
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let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him retu...
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So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
SO SHALL MY...
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55:11 accomplish (d-31) Or 'make to prosper.' see Genesis 39:2 ....
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1. WATERS.. WINE.. MILK] These stand figuratively, as the whole
context shows, for spiritual blessings....
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God’s kind purposes are for the benefit of all people. That is why
he carries out his purposes.
• See Isaiah 40:8 for another passage about the nature and effect of
God’s word.
GOD’S PEOPLE WILL HAV...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 55
THE *LORD’S INVITATION
V1 ‘Come, all you who are desperate to drink. Here is water!...
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SO SHALL MY WORD BE... — The point of the comparison is that the
predominance of fertility in the natural world, in spite of partial or
apparent failures, is the pledge of a like triumph, in the long...
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כֵּ֣ן יִֽהְיֶ֤ה דְבָרִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
יֵצֵ֣א מִ פּ
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Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1
CHAPTER XXII
ON THE EVE OF RETURN
Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1,...
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THE FREE OFFER OF PARDONING GRACE
Isaiah 55:1-13
_The Prince of Life_, Isaiah 55:4, r.v. Four times in the New
Testament this title is applied to our Lord, and always in connection
with His Resurrect...
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Immediately following the song we have the prophet's great appeal. It
is made in the consciousness of the victory won by the Servant of the
Lord and the consequent possibility of restoration offered t...
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So shall my (m) word be that proceedeth from my mouth: it shall not
return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it
shall prosper [in the thing] for which I sent it.
(m) If the...
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_Sent it. I will assuredly bring you from Babylon; and the rain shall
sooner return upwards than I will break my promise._...
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Here are more sweet images and similitudes, to describe the great and
wonderful properties of God's sovereign grace in Christ Jesus. How
doth the snow and the rain from heaven come down? Often unperce...
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11._So shall my word be. _The word goeth out of the mouth of God in
such a manner that it likewise “goeth out of the mouth” of men;
for God does not speak openly from heaven, but employs men as his
in...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57.
Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things.
Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the
Gentiles....
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SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOETH FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH,.... My good
word, as the Targum; this may either be understood of Christ, the
eternal Word, who is called the Word of God, and may be said to go
f...
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So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and
it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.
Ver. 11. _S...
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_For as the rain cometh down_ To water and refresh the earth, and
render it fruitful; _and the snow from heaven_ Which, in its season,
contributes to the fertility of the earth, as well as the rain; _...
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6-13 Here is a gracious offer of pardon, and peace, and of all
happiness. It shall not be in vain to seek God, now his word is
calling to us, and his Spirit is striving with us. But there is a day
co...
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SO SHALL MY WORD; my promises before recited concerning the sending of
the Messiah, and the blessing of his labours with such wonderful
success, and concerning the reconciliation and pardon of the gre...
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Isaiah 55:11 word H1697 forth H3318 (H8799) mouth H6310 return H7725
(H8799) void H7387 accomplish H6213 ...
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THE CERTAIN FULFILMENT OF WHAT YAHWEH HAS PURPOSED THROUGH THE POWER
OF HIS WORD (ISAIAH 55:8).
Isaiah now concludes this section from Isaiah 40:1 onwards by a final
statement of the triumph of God's...
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Hear these inspired words, dear friends, as though they came fresh
from heaven, as though God himself spoke them at this moment out of
the excellent glory, for indeed he does so. The Word of God never...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's everlasting salvation.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: All are invited to partake of God's salvation provided
through Christ. All the world's wealth and pleasure cannot sati...
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Isaiah 55:12. _The mountains and the hills shall break forth before
you into singing._ Virgil has the like ideas. _Eclogue 5:_62.
_IPSI LÆTITIA VOCES AD SIDERA JACTANT INTONSI MONTES; IPSÆ JAM
CARMIN...
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_So shall My Word be_
FINALITY OF THE DIVINE PURPOSE
I. TRUTH IN ITS MISSION. “It shall accomplish that which I
please,” etc.
1. We may take our first illustration of this mission from the spirit
an...
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_For as the rain cometh down_
RAIN SNOW, SYMBOLIC OF THE WORD OF GOD
The fitness of the symbolism is apparent even to the most casual
observer.
1. Snow and rain are characterized by gentleness which...
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_He, every one that thirsteth_
THE CRIES OF THE WATER-CARRIERS
Public messages [Isaiah] would, as a matter of course, deliver
publicly in the frequented streets and bazaars, and in khans, and in
the...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:10 As THE RAIN AND THE SNOW cannot fail to
nourish the earth, SO God’s WORD of promise cannot fail to bring his
people into the richness and fullness of e
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THE ERRAND OF THE WORD
Isaiah 55:10. _For as the rain cometh down, &c._
Upon what errand has God sent forth His Word? It publishes
“salvation” with all its tongues. It has tidings for us of great
tru...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 55:1
AN EXHORTATION TO SPIRITUALITY AND REPENTANCE. The prophet passes from
the ideal to the actual, from the glorious future to the
unsatisfactory present. The people are not ripe...
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Ho, every one that thirsteth (Isaiah 55:1),
Going into the glorious Kingdom Age. Now, God detests and hates
commercialism. God hates how people take advantage of one another.
Profiteering on someone e...
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1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Thessalonians
2:13;...
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THE GREAT INVITATION
Isaiah 55:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Isaiah 55:1 is a marvelous appendix to the fifty-second and
fifty-third Chapter s. In discussing the fifty-third chapter we saw
the marvelous stor...
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My word — My promises, concerning the pardon of the greatest
sinners. Void — Without success....