Isaiah 55:1-13

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! Come, even if you have no money. Buy grain! You need no money. Eat all that you want. Come, buy wine and milk. It is all free! v2 You spend your money. But you do not get proper food with it. You work hard to earn your wages. But you waste your money on things that give you no satisfaction. Now, listen to me! Obey what I say! Then you will enjoy the best food to eat. You will know complete satisfaction.

v3 Listen to me! Come to me! Obey me! Then you will truly live. And I am ready to make a *covenant with you, like the *covenant that I made with David. It is a *covenant to promise you people my great love and sympathy. And that *covenant will be permanent. It will last for always. v4 Remember also that I appointed David to be a witness to foreign nations. I made him their ruler. v5 See! You too will call nations that you do not yet know. And nations that have not known you, will hurry to you without delay. They will come because the *Lord your God, the Holy God of Israel, has made other nations respect you.’