Isaiah 55:3

The *Lord will repeat the *covenant that he made with David long ago (see 2 Samuel 7:8-12 and Psalms 89:33-37). This time the *covenant will not be with David’s family (see 2 Samuel 7:16), but with the whole nation called Israel.

Verse 4-5

David’s extraordinary defeat of much greater armies was evidence to the nations of the power of David’s God (see Psalms 18:43-45).

God’s words are powerful

v6 Search for the *Lord while you have the opportunity to find him. Call to him while he is near. v7 Let wicked people give up their bad way of life and their evil plots. Let them return to the *Lord and he will pity them. Return to our God, because he forgives generously.

v8 The *Lord declares, ‘My plans are not your plans. Neither are your ways my ways. v9 As the sky is so much higher than the earth, so my ways are much higher than your ways. My plans are so much higher than your plans. v10 Rain and snow come down from the sky. But they do not go back again before they have watered the ground. That helps the ground to grow corn. And so the ground provides seed for people to sow and bread for them to eat. v11 So it is with the word that I speak. My word will not return to me without any result. My word will perform my plan. It will carry out my purpose.’