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LET THE WICKED ... - In this verse we are told what is necessary in
order to seek God and to return to him, and the encouragement which we
have to do it. The first step is for the sinner to forsake hi...
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CHAPTER 55 SALVATION'S OFFER AND PROVISION
1. _The invitation to everyone and the promise (Isaiah 55:1) _ 2. _The
sure mercies of David (Isaiah 55:3) _ 3. _The exhortation to seek and
to forsake (Isai...
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SEEK YAHWEH, FOR THE GREAT DELIVERANCE IS AT HAND. Let the exiles seek
Yahweh, for the time is at hand. His plans for His people reach beyond
their own as far as the heavens are exalted above the eart...
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WICKED. lawless man (singular) Hebrew. _rasha',_ App-44.
FORSAKE. See note on Isaiah 1:4.
WAY... THOUGHTS. Note the _Introversion_ of lines in verses: Isaiah
55:7 and Isaiah 8:7 -. way. -7. thoughts...
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The call to repentance, because of the nearness of the kingdom of God.
_while he may be found … while he is near_ in the "acceptable time"
the "day of salvation" (ch. Isaiah 49:8). Comp. further Jere...
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DISCOURSE: 984
ENCOURAGEMENT TO TURN TO GOD
Isaiah 55:7. _Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man
his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy
upon him, and...
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2. EXTENT
TEXT: Isaiah 55:6-13
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Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is
near:
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let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him retu...
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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and
to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
LET THE WICK...
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1. WATERS.. WINE.. MILK] These stand figuratively, as the whole
context shows, for spiritual blessings....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 55
THE *LORD’S INVITATION
V1 ‘Come, all you who are desperate to drink. Here is water!...
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יַעֲזֹ֤ב רָשָׁע֙ דַּרְכֹּ֔ו וְ אִ֥ישׁ
אָ֖וֶן מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֑יו וְ יָשֹׁ֤ב אֶל
־יְהוָה֙ וִֽ ירַחֲמֵ֔הוּ וְ...
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Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1
CHAPTER XXII
ON THE EVE OF RETURN
Isaiah 54:1, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 56:1
ONE of the difficult problems of our prophecy is the relation and
grouping of Chapter s 54-59. It i...
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THE FREE OFFER OF PARDONING GRACE
Isaiah 55:1-13
_The Prince of Life_, Isaiah 55:4, r.v. Four times in the New
Testament this title is applied to our Lord, and always in connection
with His Resurrec...
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Immediately following the song we have the prophet's great appeal. It
is made in the consciousness of the victory won by the Servant of the
Lord and the consequent possibility of restoration offered t...
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Let the wicked (k) forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
(k) By this h...
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_Way. This is a necessary preliminary to God's service. (Worthington)_...
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Oh! how blessed is it to see the earnestness with which the Lord
pleads with his people. The gospel is called the ministry of
reconciliation, 2 Corinthians 5:18....
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7._Let the wicked man forsake his way. _He confirms the former
statement; for, having formerly called men to receive the grace of
God, he now describes more largely the manner of receiving it. We know...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57.
Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things.
Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the
Gentiles....
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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...
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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and
to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Ver. 7. _Let th...
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_Seek ye the Lord_, &c. Having discoursed of the office and work of
Christ, and showed that he should call people and nations to himself
and to God, the prophet now endeavours to persuade the people t...
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ISRAEL CALLED TO REPENTANCE...
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THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN:
_ Heb._ the man of iniquity
ABUNDANTLY PARDON:
_ Heb._ he will multiply to pardon...
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6-13 Here is a gracious offer of pardon, and peace, and of all
happiness. It shall not be in vain to seek God, now his word is
calling to us, and his Spirit is striving with us. But there is a day
co...
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LET THE WICKED MAN, any wicked man, either Jew or Gentile, _forsake
his way_; his evil or wicked way, as is evident from the foregoing
word, and as it is more fully expressed, JEREMIAH 18:11, JEREMIAH...
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Isaiah 55:7 wicked H7563 forsake H5800 (H8799) way H1870 unrighteous
H205 man H376 thoughts H4284 return H7725 (H8799) LORD H3068 mercy
H7355 (H8762) God H430 abundantly H7235 (H8686) pardon H5545 (H8...
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THE COMMAND TO SEEK YAHWEH (ISAIAH 55:6).
And now as a result of the triumph of the Servant and of the Davidic
King the call of mercy can go out to all.
Isaiah 55:6
‘Seek Yahweh while he may be fou...
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Isaiah 55:6
I. Observe the order of the steps of grace. You are first to feel
after God in your own heart, "if haply you may find Him;" and when
this has brought you a little near, then you are to ca...
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This chapter might very well have been found in the Gospel according
to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John, for it is so plain, so simple,
and so full of Gospel teaching.
Isaiah 55:1. _Ho, every one...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's everlasting salvation.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: All are invited to partake of God's salvation provided
through Christ. All the world's wealth and pleasure cannot sati...
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Isaiah 55:12. _The mountains and the hills shall break forth before
you into singing._ Virgil has the like ideas. _Eclogue 5:_62.
_IPSI LÆTITIA VOCES AD SIDERA JACTANT INTONSI MONTES; IPSÆ JAM
CARMIN...
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_He, every one that thirsteth_
THE CRIES OF THE WATER-CARRIERS
Public messages [Isaiah] would, as a matter of course, deliver
publicly in the frequented streets and bazaars, and in khans, and in
the...
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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...
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GOD UNKNOWN YET KNOWN
Isaiah 55:6. _Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, &c._
There is a paradox in these words. They invite us to seek a God who
yet cannot be found, to know a God who yet cannot...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 55:1
AN EXHORTATION TO SPIRITUALITY AND REPENTANCE. The prophet passes from
the ideal to the actual, from the glorious future to the
unsatisfactory present. The people are not ripe...
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Ho, every one that thirsteth (Isaiah 55:1),
Going into the glorious Kingdom Age. Now, God detests and hates
commercialism. God hates how people take advantage of one another.
Profiteering on someone e...
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1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Chronicles 7:14;
Acts 26:20; Acts 3:19; Acts 8:21; Acts 8:22; Ephesians 1:6; Exodus
34:6
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THE GREAT INVITATION
Isaiah 55:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Isaiah 55:1 is a marvelous appendix to the fifty-second and
fifty-third Chapter s. In discussing the fifty-third chapter we saw
the marvelous sto...
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Return — By sincere repentance, and faith....