ISAIAH 55 - A CALL TO REDEMPTION TO THE NATIONS

GOD'S INVITATION

 

 

¶ Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

² Why do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

³ Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an eternal covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

⁴ Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a captain and teacher to the peoples.

⁵ Behold, thou shalt call a people that thou knowest not, and Gentiles that did not know thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God and for the Holy One of Israel, for he has honoured thee.

 

This is an invitation to the nation and to every individual who has a desire to know God. Water is another way of saying Torah. Water comes from above and brings blessing to the earth--just as Torah, God's law is a blessing to man and helps us to grow.

 

God is promising a Davidic Covenant to all who come to Him--we all will have royal status!

 

GOD'S CALL TO REPENTANCE

⁶ ¶ Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near:

⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

 

GOD'S WORD IS TRUSTWORTHY

⁸ For my thoughts are not as your thoughts, neither are your ways as my ways, saith the LORD.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts more than your thoughts.

¹⁰ For as the rain comes down, and the snow from the heavens, and does not return there, but waters the earth and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater:

¹¹ So shall my Word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall be prospered in that for which I sent it.

 

We see rain as blessing again. It comes from above just as God's law (Torah) comes from above. It makes the earth bud and is bread for the eating. God is saying his promises always come true. God's word is going to have effect--it is going to create and prosper those who obey it.

 

COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE

¹² For ye shall go out with joy, and be returned with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

¹³ Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an eternal sign that shall not be cut off.

 

Once we come out of "Babylon" we will be filled with the joy of the Lord. We will be fully restored unto Him. The rejoicing of the earth is symbolic of our being restored to following God's Torah. We become loyal law abiding citizens of the kingdom!