ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:1 COME, EVERYONE WHO THIRSTS. The
invitation is urgent in tone and universal in scope. It addresses a
deep spiritual longing to “seek the LORD while he may be found”
(v. Isaiah 55:6). This thirst is not a problem but an opportunity (see
John 7:37).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:2 WHY DO YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY? Unbelief is
costly and unfulfilling.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:3 AN EVERLASTING COVENANT. This term
appears in Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 37:26, referring to
the experience of the returned exiles.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:5 YOU addresses the messianic servant. A
NATION THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. That is, people previously outside of
God’s covenant (see Ephesians 2:11).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:6 SEEK THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND.
Since this is God’s offer, he is free to withdraw it. People should
not be foolish and delay (see Psalms 32:6).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:7 LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY... LET HIM
RETURN. Thorough repentance is required. God’s THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR
THOUGHTS—that is, they are as high above man’s thoughts as the
HEAVENS are above the EARTH (see Psalms 145:3; 1 Corinthians 2:9).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:10 As THE RAIN AND THE SNOW cannot fail to
nourish the earth, SO God’s WORD of promise cannot fail to bring his
people into the richness and fullness of eternal life. The word of God
not only describes a glorious future, it is God’s appointed means to
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 55:12 The prophet concludes chs. Isaiah 40:1
with a vision of the triumph of God’s grace. The effects of sin and
the fall (see Genesis 3:17; Genesis 6:11) are corrected and “the
creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and
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