Isaiah 55:10-13 NIV

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:11

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth ,.... My good word, as the Targum; this may either be understood of Christ, the eternal Word, who is called the Word of God, and may be said to go forth out of his mouth, being spoken of by all his holy prophets, since the world began, whose coming was like the rain or snow, Hosea 6:3 , he came from heaven, from his Father there, and as a free gift of his, and in consequence of a decree, as the rain does; the manner of his coming, like... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:12

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace ,.... Though these words may literally respect the Jews' return from captivity to their own land, attended with joy and peace; as the preceding verse may respect the word of promise concerning it; as it is interpreted by the Targum, "for with joy shall ye go out from among the people, and with peace shall ye be brought to your own land;' yet they may be spiritually applied to the conversion of men, in consequence of the word being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree ,.... The meaning of which either is, that instead of wicked men, comparable to briers and thorns for their being fruitless and useless, harmful and pernicious, under a curse, and their end to be burned, there good men, comparable to fruitful and beautiful trees, shall be; which was eminently true when the Gospel was preached in the Gentile world; see Isaiah 35:1 so the Targum, ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:12

The mountains and the hills - These are highly poetical images to express a happy state attended with joy and exultation. Ipsi laetitia voces ad sidera jactant Intonsi montes: ipsae jam carmina rupes, Ipsa sonant arbusta read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:13

Instead of the thorn "Instead of the thorny bushes" - These likewise (see note on Isaiah 55:12 , and on Isaiah 54:11 ; (note)) are general poetical images, expressing a great and happy change for the better. The wilderness turned into a paradise, Lebanon into Carmel: the desert of the Gentiles watered with the heavenly snow and rain, which fail not to have their due effect, and becoming fruitful in piety and righteousness: or, as the Chaldee gives the moral sense of the emblem, "instead... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:6-13

Exhortations and assurance. I. EXHORTATIONS . "Seek ye Jehovah." This is the beginning of a religious life—to seek for God, to inquire for his ways ( Deuteronomy 4:29 ; Job 5:8 ; Job 8:5 ; Psalms 9:10 ; Psalms 14:2 ; Psalms 27:8 ). "While he may be found" ( Psalms 32:6 )—"in a time of finding." For a bitter "day" will come, when woe to his foes ( Isaiah 65:6 , Isaiah 65:7 )! It is hinted that a time will come when the offer will be withdrawn. "If a man will not do so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:8-13

A FRESH ASSURANCE or DELIVERANCE FROM BABYLON . Man can scarcely conceive of the deliverance which God designs; but God's thoughts are not as man's ( Isaiah 55:8 , Isaiah 55:9 ). God's word, once pronounced, is potent to effect its purpose ( Isaiah 55:10 , Isaiah 55:11 ). Deliverance from Babylon, having been promised, will take place, and will be accompanied by all manner of spiritual blessings ( Isaiah 55:12 , Isaiah 55:13 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:10

As the rain … and the snow . The rain and the snow are God's ministers ( Psalms 148:8 ), and go forth from him, just as his word does. They have an appointed work to do, and do not return to him, whose ministers they are, until they have done it. It is best to translate, with Delitzsch and Mr. Cheyne, "As the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, except it hath watered the earth," etc. The writer is, apparently, aware, as the writer of Ecclesiastes is,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 55:6-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:8-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:10

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