Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 55:6
The Lord had reached out to humanity by promising free salvation through His prophet. The listeners needed to respond to Him because those promises would not always be available to them."We could translate while he may be found as ’while he permits himself to be found’ (tolerative niphal), indicating a divinely determined day of grace and salvation." [Note: Motyer, p. 456.] "God cannot be found at any time but only when He desires to be found. What is implied is that the present, when these... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 55:7
7. unrighteous—Hebrew, "man of iniquity"; true of all men. The "wicked" sins more openly in "his way"; the "unrighteous" refers to the more subtle workings of sin in the "thoughts." All are guilty in the latter respect, thought many fancy themselves safe, because not openly "wicked in ways" ( :-). The parallelism is that of gradation. The progress of the penitent is to be from negative reformation, "forsaking his way," and a farther step, "his thoughts," to positive repentance, "returning to... read more