Isaiah 55:6-12 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 55:6

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found ,.... The Lord is to be sought unto at all times, whenever the people of God meet together, especially on sabbath days, and while the external ministry of the word lasts, and life itself; so the Targum, "seek the fear of the Lord, while ye are alive.' Kimchi compares it with Ecclesiastes 9:10 . The Jewish writers, as Aben Ezra and others, generally interpret it before the sealing of the decree, or before the decree is gone forth. It may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:7

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 one it is; and yet he is bent upon it, and nothing can turn him from it but efficacious grace; nor will he ever forsake it till he sees the evil, danger, and loathsomeness of it; and when he does forsake it, it is so as not to make sin the course of his life, though he does not and cannot live... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:8

For my thoughts are not your thoughts ,.... In some things there may be a likeness between the thoughts of God and the thoughts of men, as to the nature of them: thoughts are natural and essential to them both; they are within them, are internal acts, and unknown to others, till made known; but then the thoughts of men are finite and limited, whereas the thoughts of the Lord are infinite and boundless; men's thoughts have a beginning, but the Lord's have none; though not so much the nature... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens, are higher than the earth ,.... Than which there cannot be conceived a greater distance: so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts ; which may denote the heavenliness of the ways and thoughts of God, the eternity and unsearchableness of them, and their excellency and preciousness; as well as the very great distance between his ways and thoughts and men's which this is designed to illustrate. 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:6

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found - Rab. David Kimchi gives the true sense of this passage: "Seek ye the Lord, because he may be found: call upon him, because he is near. Repent before ye die, for after death there is no conversion of the soul." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens are higher - I am persuaded that כ caph , the particle of comparison, is lost in this place, from the likeness of the particle כי ki , immediately preceding it. So Houbigant and Secker. And their remark is confirmed by all the ancient Versions, which express it; and by the following passage of Psalm 103:11 , which is almost the same: - הארץ על שמים כגבה כי haarets al shamayim chigboah ki יראיו על חסדו גבר yereaiv al chasdo ... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:9

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:9

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