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BEHOLD, THOU SHALT CALL ... - This is evidently an address to the
Messiah, and is a promise that the Gentiles should be called by him to
the fellowship of the gospel.
THAT THOU KNOWEST NOT - The phra...
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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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THE GLORIOUS BLESSINGS OF THE NEW COVENANT WHICH YAHWEH WILL MAKE WITH
HIS PEOPLE. Yahweh bids the thirsty come to the waters, the hungry to
eat. Their life is now a constant striving issuing only in...
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THOU... THEE: i.e. Israel, who is addressed here.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Psalms 71:22....
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The offer of Isaiah 55:1 is summed up in the promise of an everlasting
covenant. see ch. Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8; and cf. Isaiah 61:8;...
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_thou_(Israel) _shalt call a nation &c._ i.e. many a nation (see on
ch. Isaiah 25:3) hitherto unknown to thee.
_because of the Lord &c._ Cf. ch. Isaiah 49:7.
_glorified thee_ Cf. Isaiah 44:23;...
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(_a_) Most modern authorities hold that the person spoken of in Isaiah
55:4 is the historical David, and that Isaiah 55:4 institute a
parallel between the position he occupied in the heathen world of...
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B. WORD OF THE LORD IS BOND AND BOUNDS OF COVENANT, CHAPTER 55
1. EVIDENCE
TEXT: Isaiah 55:1-5
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Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath
no money; come ye, buy, and ea...
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Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations
that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee....
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Israel shall similarly so testify that the nations shall turn to
Jehovah.
6, 7. The exhortation shows that the promises given are conditional.
8, 9. These vv. are especially addressed to those of th...
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1. WATERS.. WINE.. MILK] These stand figuratively, as the whole
context shows, for spiritual blessings....
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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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THOU SHALT CALL A NATION. — The calling of the Gentiles and the
consequent expansion of the true idea of Israel is again dominant. The
words sound like an echo from Psalms 18:43.
BECAUSE OF THE LORD T...
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הֵ֣ן גֹּ֤וי לֹֽא ־תֵדַע֙ תִּקְרָ֔א וְ
גֹ֥וי
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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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Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, (h) and
nations [that] knew not thee shall run to thee because of the LORD thy
God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee...
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_Not with approbation. (Haydock) --- The Gentiles are converted._...
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Reader! do observe, that as, in the former verse, Jehovah spoke of
Christ, so here, now blessedly he speaks to him. And this promise is
among the covenant engagements, that when he made his soul an of...
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5._Behold, thou shalt call a nation which thou knowest not. _Isaiah
explains more largely what he formerly glanced at by a single word;
for he declares that Christ shall be the “leader,” not of a sing...
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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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BEHOLD, THOU SHALT CALL A NATION THAT THOU KNOWEST NOT,.... And even
nations, as in the next clause; not all the individuals of them,
though the Gospel is sent to all nations; and in the latter day th...
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Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and nations
[that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God,
and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee....
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_Behold, I have given him_ I have already appointed, and will, in due
time, actually give the David last mentioned, even Christ, _for a
witness_ To declare the will of God concerning the duty and salv...
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1-5 All are welcome to the blessings of salvation, to whom those
blessings are welcome. In Christ there is enough for all, and enough
for each. Those satisfied with the world, that see no need of Chr...
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THOU; thou, O Messiah, of whom he now spake, ISAIAH 55:4, and to whom
he suddenly turneth his speech, as is very common in the prophets;
SHALT CALL A NATION, to wit, unto thyself, and to the knowledge...
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Isaiah 55:5 call H7121 (H8799) nation H1471 know H3045 (H8799) nations
H1471 know H3045 (H8804) run...
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THE WITNESS TO THE PEOPLES (ISAIAH 55:4).
Isaiah 55:4
‘Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,
A prince (nagid) and commander to the peoples.'
In Isaiah 11:10 the seed of Jesse was g...
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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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Tonight we shall read that precious chapter of gospel invitation, the
fifty-fifth of Isaiah, which, I hope, you all know by heart.
Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one that thirsteth,_
God would have the att...
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Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without price._
Let no one ask whet...
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This chapter might very well have been found in the Gospel according
to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John, for it is so plain, so simple,
and so full of Gospel teaching.
Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one...
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Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and
milk without money and without price._
The description of...
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It is the language of infinite mercy, speaking to the abject condition
of mankind. We have become naked, and poor and miserable through sin,
and God, instead of driving us from his presence, comes loa...
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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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_Behold, Thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not_
ISAIAH’S ANTICIPATION.
We cannot tell what picture was in Isaiah’s mind and hovering before
his eyes. We do not know just what degree of visib...
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_Behold I have given Him for a Witness to the people_
WITNESS; LEADER; COMMANDER
1.
Most modern authorities hold that the person spoken of in Isaiah 55:4.
is the historical David, and that Isaiah 55...
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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 55:5 YOU addresses the messianic servant. A
NATION THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. That is, people previously outside of
God’s covenant (see...
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THE CALLING OF THE GENTILES
Isaiah 55:5. _Behold, Thou shalt call a nation that Thou knowest not,
&c._
It early obtained belief in the Christian Church, that Isaiah was sawn
assunder for predicting s...
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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 Peter 1:11; Acts 3:13; Acts 5:31; Ephesians 2:11; Ephesians 3:5;...
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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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Thou — Thou, O Messiah. Call — To the knowledge of thyself.
Knewest not — With that special knowledge which implies approbation.
Because — Because the Lord shall by many tokens, manifest himself to
be...