Let the wicked (k) forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
(k) By this he shows that repentance must be joined with faith, and how we cannot call on God correctly, unless the fruits of our faith appear.
LET THE WICKED ... - In this verse we are told what is necessary in order to seek God and to return to him, and the encouragement which we have to do it. The first step is for the sinner to forsake hi...
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...
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...
WICKED. lawless man (singular) Hebrew. _rasha',_ App-44. FORSAKE. See note on Isaiah 1:4. WAY... THOUGHTS. Note the _Introversion_ of lines in verses: Isaiah 55:7 and Isaiah 8:7 -. way. -7. thoughts....
The call to repentance, because of the nearness of the kingdom of God. _while he may be found … while he is near_ in the "acceptable time" the "day of salvation" (ch. Isaiah 49:8). Comp. further Jere...
_the unrighteous man_ lit., "the man of evil" or falsehood....
DISCOURSE: 984 ENCOURAGEMENT TO TURN TO GOD Isaiah 55:7. _Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and...
2. EXTENT TEXT: Isaiah 55:6-13 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him retu...
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. LET THE WICKE...
1. WATERS.. WINE.. MILK] These stand figuratively, as the whole context shows, for spiritual blessings....
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!...
God tells evil people to repent, that is, to stop their wicked practices and plots. And to return to God and to live in his way. Then God will forgive them completely....
יַעֲזֹ֤ב רָשָׁע֙ דַּרְכֹּ֔ו וְ אִ֥ישׁ אָ֖וֶן...
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...
_Way. This is a necessary preliminary to God's service. (Worthington)_...
Oh! how blessed is it to see the earnestness with which the Lord pleads with his people. The gospel is called the ministry of reconciliation, 2 Corinthians 5:18....
7._Let the wicked man forsake his way. _He confirms the former statement; for, having formerly called men to receive the grace of God, he now describes more largely the manner of receiving it. We know...
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....
LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY,.... His evil way, as the Targum paraphrases it, his wicked course of life; and which is his own way, of his own choosing, and in which he delights, and a very dangerous...
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Ver. 7. _Let th...
_Seek ye the Lord_, &c. Having discoursed of the office and work of Christ, and showed that he should call people and nations to himself and to God, the prophet now endeavours to persuade the people t...
Let the wicked forsake his way, no longer, in contempt of God, pursuing the way of his own lusts and desires, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS, his evil inclinations and intentions, AND LET HIM RE...
ISRAEL CALLED TO REPENTANCE...
THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN: _ Heb._ the man of iniquity ABUNDANTLY PARDON: _ Heb._ he will multiply to pardon...
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...
LET THE WICKED MAN, any wicked man, either Jew or Gentile, _forsake his way_; his evil or wicked way, as is evident from the foregoing word, and as it is more fully expressed, JEREMIAH 18:11, JEREMIAH...
Isaiah 55:7 wicked H7563 forsake H5800 (H8799) way H1870 unrighteous H205 man H376 thoughts H4284 return H7725 ...
THE COMMAND TO SEEK YAHWEH (ISAIAH 55:6). And now as a result of the triumph of the Servant and of the Davidic King the call of mercy can go out to all. Isaiah 55:6 ‘Seek Yahweh while he may be fou...
Isaiah 55:6 I. Observe the order of the steps of grace. You are first to feel after God in your own heart, "if haply you may find Him;" and when this has brought you a little near, then you are to cal...
Isaiah 55:7 I. Look, first, at the Counsellor. (1) He who speaks to the wicked man, and to the unrighteous man, is He who made all things. The Father of the wicked is here speaking to the wicked. (2)...
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...
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...
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...
_Seek ye the Lord while He may be found_ THE LORD TO BE SOUGHT Notice how it reads: “Seek the Lord. ” It don’t say seek happiness; it don’t say seek peace; it don’t say seek joy. A good many people...
_Let the wicked forsake his way_ THE WAY OF RETURN TO GOD AND ITS ENCOURAGEMENTS 1_._ Here there are apparently two things expressed--a negative and a positive, two lines of conduct expressed--a for...
_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...
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...
GOD UNKNOWN YET KNOWN Isaiah 55:6. _Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, &c._ There is a paradox in these words. They invite us to seek a God who yet cannot be found, to know a God who yet cannot...
MAN’S ABILITY TO TURN TO GOD AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL Isaiah 55:7. _Let the wicked forsake his way, &c._ God has done and is doing, in the work of Christ and in the work of the Holy Spirit, all that is...
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...
1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Chronicles 7:14;...
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...
Return — By sincere repentance, and faith....