Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 55:8-13
The Certain Fulfilment of What Yahweh Has Purposed Through The Power Of His Word (Isaiah 55:8-13 ). Isaiah now concludes this section from Isaiah 40:1 onwards by a final statement of the triumph of God’s powerful word as it goes forward to do His will bringing new birth to creation and finally establishing victory to His people, bringing glory to His name. Thus will His purposes triumph. Beginning with the call of Abraham (chapter 41) and advancing through to the victory of God’s Davidic King... read more
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 55:12
A HAPPY EXODUS‘For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace.’ Isaiah 55:12 To the Jew in Isaiah’s time this promise doubtless bore reference to three things: the return from the seventy years’ captivity; their ultimate restoration, first to their own land, and then to Christ; and God’s way of dealing with each individual’s own soul. To us it stands only in the last reference; to us the words are simply spiritual. I. The ‘going out’ appears to relate to that great moral exodus... read more