Read & Study the Bible Online - Bible Portal
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 55:4-5

The Witness to The Peoples (Isaiah 55:4-5 ). Isaiah 55:4 ‘Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, A prince (nagid) and commander to the peoples.’ In Isaiah 11:10 the seed of Jesse was given as an ensign, a banner, to the peoples, to which the nations would seek. Here He is, as the Servant, given as a witness to the peoples, with the result that He becomes their prince (nagid - God-appointed leader) and commander. God’s purpose originally for His Servant was that he should be a... 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 55:4

I have given, I have already appointed, and will in due time actually give, him; the David last mentioned, even Christ, the Son and successor of David, as is plain and certain from the titles and works ascribed to him in this and the following verse. But of this See Poole "Isaiah 55:3". For a witness; to be a Prophet or Teacher to declare the counsel and will of God concerning the duty and salvation of men; to bear witness unto the truth, as Christ himself affirmeth, John 18:37; to confirm... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 55:4

CHRIST GIVEN FOR A WITNESS, LEADER, AND COMMANDERIsaiah 55:4. Behold, I have given Him for a witness, &c.In going into the wide world and entering upon the stern battle of life, feelings of doubt and uncertainty are not unfrequently experienced, especially by the young. They are comparatively ignorant of the difficulties, &c., that are before them; they have heard much from their seniors of the snares, &c., in life’s path; they have read many a story of moral wreck and ruin, or of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 55:4

DISCOURSE: 982CHRIST A WITNESS AND COMMANDERIsaiah 55:4.—Behold, I have given him for a Witness to the people, a Leader and Commander to the people.AMONGST the various means which God used for the spiritual benefit of his ancient people, one was, to provoke them to jealousy, by declaring, that the blessings which they so abused should be transferred to another people, who would make a more suitable improvement of them. From the beginning he warned them of this by Moses: “They have moved me to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 55:1-13

Chapter 55Ho, 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 else. God is going to bring down the whole commercial system. And when God brings it down there is going to be great rejoicing in heaven, though on earth there's going to be tremendous mourning and lamentation. But in Revelation 18:1-24 God spends a whole chapter telling of how He's going... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 55:1-13

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 carmina rupes, Ipsa sonant arbusta. That is, the unshorn mountains, elated with joy, raise their voices to the stars; yea, the rocks and groves resound with songs. The poets, as well as the prophets, sung the glory of the latter day. REFLECTIONS. The waters which flowed from the Gihon, the rivers of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 55:1-13

Isaiah 55:1-13He, every one that thirstethThe cries of the water-carriersPublic messages [Isaiah] would, as a matter of course, deliver publicly in the frequented streets and bazaars, and in khans, and in the temple area, frequently using the common cries of the forerunners of the nobles, the morning call of the temple watchmen, who had been waiting to proclaim the striking of the sun’s first rays upon the pinnacles, the groans of the sabbals (or burden-bearers), the tumult of the buyers and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 55:4-6

Isaiah 55:4-6Behold I have given Him for a Witness to the peopleWitness; Leader; Commander1.Most modern authorities hold that the person spoken of in Isaiah 55:4. is the historical David, and that Isaiah 55:4-5 institute a parallel between the position he occupied in the heathen world of his time and that which Israel shall occupy in the future; the thought expressed, therefore, is that the Messianic hope is transferred from the dynasty to the nation. The view is thus succinctly stated by... read more

Grupo de Marcas