Verse Isaiah 55:2. _WHEREFORE DO YE SPEND_] Why should ye be so zealously attached to a doctrine from which your souls derive neither comfort nor nourishment?...
WHEREFORE DO YE SPEND MONEY - Margin, ‘Weigh.’ That is, in Hebrew, ‘weigh silver.’ Before money was coined, the precious metals were weighed, and hence, to make a payment is represented as weighing ou...
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...
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...
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), to emphasize the universal corruption and practice of the natural man. Compare John 6:27. HEARKEN DILIGENTLY. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_, for emp...
The invitation. The message of the Gospel its freeness, its appeal to the individual, its answer to the cravings of the heart is nowhere in the O.T. more clearly foreshadowed than in this truly evange...
Whilst the religious life is a receiving without spending, the worldly life is a continual spending without lasting profit or satisfaction. _spend money_ lit. "weigh silver." _your labour_ your EARNI...
DISCOURSE: 981 EXHORTATION TO RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL 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...
B. WORD OF THE LORD IS BOND AND BOUNDS OF COVENANT, CHAPTER 55 1. EVIDENCE TEXT: Isaiah 55:1-5 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and ea...
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in...
55:2 spend (a-4) Lit. 'weigh.'...
1. WATERS.. WINE.. MILK] These stand figuratively, as the whole context shows, for spiritual blessings....
WHEREFORE, etc.] refers to the assiduous practice of idolatry, which had been Israel's besetting sin....
The word pictures of familiar things to eat and to drink show God’s great care for his people. His free gifts truly satisfy what people need....
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!...
WHEREFORE DO YE SPEND MONEY... — Here again the “bread” is that which sustains the true life of the soul. “Labour”-stands for the “earnings of labour.” Israel had given her money for that which was “n...
לָ֤מָּה תִשְׁקְלוּ ־כֶ֨סֶף֙ בְּֽ לֹוא ־לֶ֔חֶם...
Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1 CHAPTER XXII ON THE EVE OF RETURN Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1,...
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...
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...
Why do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? (d) and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently to me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in...
The Reader will not fail to remark, in the very opening of this precious chapter, what an uniformity runs through all gospel proclamations. They are general, they are great, full, free, and extensive....
2._Wherefore do ye spend money? _(76) He complains of the ingratitude and madness of men, in rejecting or disdaining the kindness of God who offers all things freely, and yet harassing themselves grea...
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....
WHEREFORE DO YE SPEND MONEY FOR THAT WHICH IS NOT BREAD?.... Lavish away time, opportunities, and strength, in reading and hearing false doctrine, which is not bread, but chaff; is not wholesome, does...
Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itsel...
_Wherefore do ye spend money_ All your time, and strength, and cost; _for that which is not bread_ For those things which can never nourish or satisfy you, such as worldly goods or pleasures. _Hearken...
THE HEATHEN INVITED TO TE BANQUET OF GRACE...
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? exerting themselves in a vain effort to gain the true, lasting peace of mind by acts of their own righteousness, AND YOUR LABOR FOR THAT WHICH...
SPEND: _ Heb._ weigh...
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...
MONEY; all your time, and strength, and cost in seeking it. FOR THAT WHICH IS NOT BREAD; for those vain or foolish things which can never nourish or satisfy yea, such as worldly goods, or your own inv...
Isaiah 55:2 spend H8254 (H8799) money H3701 bread H3899 wages H3018 not H3808 satisfy H7654 Listen H8085 ...
THE CALL TO RESPOND (ISAIAH 55:1). What follows must not be isolated from the context. This appeal is possible because of the work of the Servant. Now salvation is freely open to all. Isaiah 55:1 ‘...
Isaiah 55:2 Consider what are some of the good investments in life, which bring in solid advantages. I. First among the gains of life is peace of mind, and for that the investment is simply and alone...
Isaiah 55:2 I. We have here an invitation, addressed to us by Jehovah Himself, to hearken diligently unto Him, to incline our ear, and to come to Him. There is something peculiarly touching in the inv...
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...
Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,-_ To the waters which flowed from that smitten Rock of which we have been reading. Isaiah 55:1. And he that hath no money; come ye,...
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._ Remark the wonderfu...
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 lo...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Wherefore do ye spend money_ WEIGHING MONEY In the first clause there is reference to the primitive custom of weighing instead of counting money, from which have arisen several of the most familiar...
_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...
THE DIVINE PROVISION FOR HUMAN NEED Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, &c._ The world owes much to the Hebrew mind, and the fine foreshadowings of the ancient prophets...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 11:13; Exodus 15:26; Habakkuk 2:13; Hebrews 13:9; Hosea
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...
Money — All your time, and strength, and cost. Not bread — For those things which can never nourish or satisfy you, such as worldly goods, or pleasures. Eat ye — That which is truly and solidly, and e...