Isaiah 55:12 ASV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 55:12

"For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing: and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."When the Lord uprooted his vineyard, took away the hedge, broke the wall, and laid it waste, briars and thorns came... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 55:12

Isaiah 55:12. For ye shall go out with joy— The prophet, in words and ideas which seem borrowed from the departure of the Jews from Babylon, here represents the first preachers of the Gospel going forth to preach the glad tidings of salvation to the Gentiles together with the good success of their expedition, in the 13th verse. See ch. Isaiah 41:19. The meaning of the last clause, and it shall be to the Lord for a name, is, "it shall be a striking argument of the divine favour, most honourable... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 55:12

12. go out—from the various countries in which ye (the Jews) are scattered, to your own land ( :-). led—by Messiah, your "Leader" (Isaiah 55:4; Isaiah 52:12; Micah 2:12; Micah 2:13). mountains . . . trees, c.—images justly used to express the seeming sympathy of nature with the joy of God's people. For, when sin is removed, the natural world shall be delivered from "vanity," and be renewed, so as to be in unison with the regenerated moral world (Isaiah 44:23 Psalms 98:8; Romans 8:19-22). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 55:6-13

Transforming salvation 55:6-13This pericope repeats and refocuses the invitation just extended (Isaiah 55:1-3). The offer continues to be to come to God, but the focus shifts from receiving satisfaction to resting in faith, and from salvation’s freeness to its transforming power. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 55:12

The "For" (Heb. ki) that begins this verse serves to introduce the conclusion to this pericope (Isaiah 55:6-13), and the entire section dealing with God’s atonement (chs. 40-55). "Surely" (the asseverative use of ki) would be a good translation.Throughout this section Isaiah was describing another exodus, a redemption from sin, that the Servant would make possible. In view of that redemption, sinners need to seek the Lord, to come to Him for it (Isaiah 55:6-11). Now the prophet concluded, by... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:1-13

1. Waters.. wine.. milk] These stand figuratively, as the whole context shows, for spiritual blessings. 2. Wherefore, etc.] refers to the assiduous practice of idolatry, which had been Israel’s besetting sin.3. Mercies] loving-kindnesses. The meaning is that Jehovah will, without fail, fulfil for His people the promises of loving-kindness made to David (Psalms 89:35). 4. Read, ’I gave him,’ i.e. David. People] RV ’peoples.’ David’s successes gave him a position which made his religion known in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 55:12

(12) The mountains and the hills . . .—Cheyne aptly compares—“Ipsi lætitia voces ad sidera jactantIntonsi montes.” VIRG., Æclog.(The very hills, no more despoiled of trees,Shall to the stars break forth in minstrelsies.)The waving of the branches of the trees is, in the poet’s thoughts, what the clapping of hands is with men, a sign of jubilant exultation (Psalms 96:12). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 55:1-13

The True Imperialism Isaiah 55:1 I. 'Ho, every one that thirsteth!' That is a call to the faint and the weary. What is he to do? 'Incline your ear.' 'Hearken diligently unto Me.' 1. There has to be a discipline of the ear. There has to be a determined and resolute effort to listen to God. The voices of the world are so plausible, so fascinating, so easily seducing, that if a man is to catch the higher voice he must set himself in the resolute act of attention. 'Hearken diligently unto me.' For... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:1-13

, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8CHAPTER XXIION THE EVE OF RETURNIsaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8ONE of the difficult problems of our prophecy is the relation and grouping of chapters 54-59. It is among them that the unity of "Second Isaiah," which up to this point we have seen no reason to doubt, gives way. Isaiah 56:9-12 is evidently pre-exilic, and so is Isaiah 59:1-21. But in chapters 54, 55, and Isaiah 56:1-8 we have three addresses, evidently dating from the Eve of the Return.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 55:1-13

CHAPTER 55 Salvation’s Offer and Provision 1. The invitation to everyone and the promise (Isaiah 55:1-2 ) 2. The sure mercies of David (Isaiah 55:3-5 ) 3. The exhortation to seek and to forsake (Isaiah 55:6-7 ) 4. God’s thoughts and God’s ways (Isaiah 55:8-11 ) 5. The joy, peace and glory of the future (Isaiah 55:12-13 ) The scope and application of this chapter must not be limited. While Israel eventually will break forth in singing as the result of believing on Him, whom they... read more