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Text -- Isaiah 55:1-13 (NET)

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The Lord Gives an Invitation
55:1 “Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! 55:2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! 55:3 Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David. 55:4 Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.” 55:5 Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you. 55:6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 55:7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them. 55:8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, 55:9 for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans. 55:10 The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat. 55:11 In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.” 55:12 Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands. 55:13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the Lord, a permanent reminder that will remain.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jesus, The Christ | Isaiah | Church | Isaiah, The Book of | God | Salvation | Gospel | Repentance | Desire | Myrtle | Regeneration | Money | GOD, 2 | Peace | Hunger | Righteousness | Prayer | Word of God | Milk | ISAIAH, BOOK OF | more
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NET Notes: Isa 55:1 The statement is an oxymoron. Its ironic quality adds to its rhetorical impact. The statement reminds one of the norm (one must normally buy commoditi...

NET Notes: Isa 55:2 Nourishing, fine food here represents the blessings God freely offers. These include forgiveness, a new covenantal relationship with God, and national...

NET Notes: Isa 55:3 Heb “the reliable expressions of loyalty of David.” The syntactical relationship of חַסְדֵי (kha...

NET Notes: Isa 55:4 Ideally the Davidic king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness (cf. Pss 18:50 HT [18:49 ET]; 22:28 HT [22:27 ET]). See J. H. Eaton, K...

NET Notes: Isa 55:5 See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

NET Notes: Isa 55:6 Heb “while he allows himself to be found.” The Niphal form has a tolerative force here.

NET Notes: Isa 55:7 The appeal and promise of vv. 6-7 echoes the language of Deut 4:25-31; 30:1-10; and 1 Kgs 8:46-53, all of which anticipate the exile and speak of the ...

NET Notes: Isa 55:8 Heb “are not.” “Like” is interpretive, but v. 9 indicates that a comparison is in view.

NET Notes: Isa 55:9 Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).

NET Notes: Isa 55:10 This verse begins in the Hebrew text with כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר (ki ka’as...

NET Notes: Isa 55:11 Verses 8-11 focus on the reliability of the divine word and support the promises before (vv. 3-5, 7b) and after (vv. 12-13) this. Israel can be certai...

NET Notes: Isa 55:13 Or, more literally, “a permanent sign that will not be cut off.”

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