Isaiah 55:1

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 55:1-5

The Heathen Invited to te Banquet of Grace v. 1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, the earnest attention of all who feel their need being solicited, come ye to the waters! And he that hath no money, nothing of real value to offer in exchange, come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. The Hebrew text brings out even more strongly than can be done in an English translation the idea of a gracious giving on the part of the Lord. The rich nourishment, the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 55:1-13

VII.—THE SEVENTH DISCOURSEThe New Way of appropriating SalvationIsaiah 55:1-5When we contemplate the contents of our chapters, one could almost outdo the modern criticism and exclaim: This was never written in the Exile ! It must have been written after Christ, by a disciple of Paul who read the epistles to the Romans and Galatians! But on closer inspection one observes that our Prophet describes, not what he lived to see and learned to know by experience, but future things that were still... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 55:1

Isaiah THE CALL TO THE THIRSTY THE GREAT PROCLAMATION Isa_55:1 . The meaning of the word preach is ‘proclaim like a herald’; or, what is perhaps more familiar to most of us, like a town-crier; with a loud voice, clearly and plainly delivering the message. Now, there are other notions of a sermon than that; and there is other work which ministers have to do, of an educational kind. But my business now is to preach. We have ventured to ask others than the members of our own congregation to... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 55:1-13

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 Resurrection. See Acts 3:14-15 ; Acts 5:31 ; Hebrews 2:9-10 ; Hebrews 12:2 , where the words prince, author, and captain, are various translations of the same Greek word. The meaning of the original word is file leader. He leads out of death into life; out of defeat into victory; out of suffering into... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 55:1-13

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 to the people. Nevertheless it distinctly sets forth the solemn conditions on which advantage may be taken of the great provision. It first recognizes the need of the people in the verses which describe their condition as thirsty, as being without money, as spending "money for that which is not... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Isaiah 55:1-13

The Great Invitation Isaiah 55:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Isaiah 55:1-13 is a marvelous appendix to the fifty-second and fifty-third chapters. In discussing the fifty-third chapter we saw the marvelous story of redemption. The fifty-fourth chapter follows with God's appeal to Israel to sing because of the promise of her marvelous enlargement. God tells her she will break forth on the right hand, and on the left hand, that her seed will inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate city to be... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:1-3

The Call To Respond (Isaiah 55:1-3 ). What follows must not be isolated from the context. This appeal is possible because of the work of the Servant. Now salvation is freely open to all. Isaiah 55:1 ‘Ho, every one who thirsts, Come to the waters, And he who has no money Come, buy and eat, Yes, come, buy wine and milk, Without money and without price. The cry is possibly modelled on that of a water-seller or a street vendor as he goes through the streets with his wares. Good drinkable water... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:1-5

Isaiah 55:1-Deuteronomy : . The Glorious Blessings of the New Covenant which Yahweh will Make with His People.— Yahweh bids the thirsty come to the waters, the hungry to eat. Their life is now a constant striving issuing only in disillusion; but listening to His call they shall, without effort or cost, enjoy the utmost blessing (fat or oil was considered a great delicacy). He will grant (as a condescension, not “ make” as on equal terms) His people a covenant, transferring to them the sure... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 55:1

Ho, every one; not only Jews, but Gentiles. The prophet having largely discoursed of Christ, Isaiah 53:0, and of the church of Christ, Isaiah 54:0, doth here invite all persons to come to Christ, and to his church. That thirsteth for the grace of God, and the blessings of the gospel. This thirst implies a vehement, and active, and restless desire after it, not to be satisfied with any thing short of it. Come ye to the waters; which are mentioned, either, 1. As the place where they were to buy... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 55:1-2

THE DIVINE PROVISION FOR HUMAN NEEDIsaiah 55:1-2. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, &c.The world owes much to the Hebrew mind, and the fine foreshadowings of the ancient prophets. Isaiah touches a chord to which all hearts vibrate, speaking of the birth of Christ, &c. And like a true friend of our suffering race, he sympathises with those who hunger, with those who are weary, and with those who are athirst, No wonder that this old book should still be welcome to man,... read more

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