John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither ,.... Rain and snow come down from the clouds in the heavens, and do not return again until they have done what they are sent to do, or have produced the following effects; otherwise they may be exhaled into vapours, as they often are, and drawn up again by the sun: but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud ; or, "inebriateth the earth" F14 כי אם הרוה את ארץ εως αν μεθυση την... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 55:6-13
We have here a further account of that covenant of grace which is made with us in Jesus Christ, both what is required and what is promised in the covenant, and of those considerations that are sufficient abundantly to confirm our believing compliance with and reliance on that covenant. This gracious discovery of God's good-will to the children of men is not to be confined either to the Jew or to the Gentile, to the Old Testament or to the New, much less to the captives in Babylon. No, both the... read more