ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:1 COME, EVERYONE WHO THIRSTS. The invitation is urgent in tone and universal in scope. It addresses a deep spiritual longing to “seek the LORD while he may be found” (v. Isaiah 55:6). This thirst is not a problem but an opportunity (see John 7:37). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:2 WHY DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY? Unbelief is costly and unfulfilling. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:3 AN EVERLASTING COVENANT. This term appears in Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 37:26, referring to the experience of the returned exiles. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagNa [ Continue Reading ]
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 Ephesians 2:11). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:6 SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND. Since this is God’s offer, he is free to withdraw it. People should not be foolish and delay (see Psalms 32:6). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:7 LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY... LET HIM RETURN. Thorough repentance is required. God’s THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS—that is, they are as high above man’s thoughts as the HEAVENS are above the EARTH (see Psalms 145:3; 1 Corinthians 2:9). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
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 eternal life. The word of God not only describes a glorious future, it is God’s appointed means to create that future (see... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:12 The prophet concludes chs. Isaiah 40:1 with a vision of the triumph of God’s grace. The effects of sin and the fall (see Genesis 3:17; Genesis 6:11) are corrected and “the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory... [ Continue Reading ]