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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Isaiah 55 As the two preceding chapters are prophecies of Christ and his church, this treats of his word and ordinances, and of the nature, use, and efficacy of them. It begins with an invitation of thirsty souls to them, Isaiah 55:1, an expostulation with them for taking wrong methods, and a dissuasive from them, Isaiah 55:2, which is followed with an exhortation to hear the word...
John Gill
Incline your ear, and come unto me,.... The exhortations are repeated, to show the importance of them, how welcome these persons were to the Lord, and to his house, and his earnest and tender care and concern for them: hear, and your soul shall live; or, "that your soul may live (f)"; spiritually and eternally. There must be life before hearing; men must be made alive before they can come to...
Matthew Henry
As we had much of Christ in the 53rd chapter, and much of the church of Christ in the 54th chapter, so in this chapter we have much of the covenant of grace made with us in Christ. The "sure mercies of David," which are promised here (ver. 3), are applied by the apostle to the benefits which flow to us from the resurrection of Christ (Acts xiii. 34), which may serve as a key to this chapter; not...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; Then who would not hear — who would not give the attention — if by that attention life immortal may be received? Isa_55:3. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Will God enter into covenant with sinful men — with thirsty men — with hungry men — with needy men — with guilty men? Ah! that...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: See, the way of salvation is through...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Says someone, “I can understand God making a covenant with David; but will He make a covenant with me?” Yes, and after the same sure tenor, too: “I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.” God will promise to bless you, and save you, and keep you,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; Salvation does not come to men through the eye, but through the ear. Not what you see in the finery of the priest or the altar. That can do you no good. But listen to the gospel. It is by ear-gate that God’s mercy comes triumphant into the soul of man. “Incline your ear and come unto me. Hear and your soul shall live.” Isa_55:3....
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, Hold it near the mouth of the gracious Speaker. Be willing to hear what God has to say. Take out that wool of prejudice that has prevented you from hearkening to God’s voice: “Incline your ear.” Isa_55:3. And come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. “When thus you live, I will make an...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; — It seems a very little thing to do, does it not? Simply to hear, — to incline the ear; yet that is the way of salvation: “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Alas! nowadays, the mass of men will not hear God’s message of mercy; they pass it by as if it were an old worn-out tale of which they knew quite...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: What a stress these gospel passages lay upon hearing the Word! “Faith cometh by hearing.” All the sights, and all the shows, all the gorgeous processions, and all the external ceremonies in the world, will never convert a single soul; but God says, “Hearken...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, and your soul shall live; Do not cavil, but hear. Do not come to find fault with the Word; but “Come unto me,” saith the Lord; “hear, and your soul shall live.” Isa_55:3. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. What a surprising promise this is for God to make to men who are so poverty-stricken that they have “no money” in their hand, or in their...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, and come unto me; This is the gate by which salvation enters into man, — Ear gate, by hearing and believing: “Incline your ear,” bend it forward as if you would catch every word; “and come unto me: — “ Isa_55:3. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Only think of a covenant made with needy sinners,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, and come unto me; — This is the gate by which salvation enters into man, — Ear gate, — by hearing and believing. “Incline your ear,” bend it forward as if you would catch every word; “and come unto me;” — Isa_55:3. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Only think of a covenant made with needy sinners,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; Then who would not hear — who would not give attention — if by that attention life immortal may be received? Isa_55:3. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Will God enter into covenant with sinful men — with thirsty men — with hungry men — with needy men — with guilty men? Ah! that he...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, You know what that means; bend forward, to catch the faintest utterance of the voice that is speaking. Isa_55:3. And come ‘unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; We do not live by sight; all the pretty things that you can see in a Romish place of worship will not save a single soul. The preaching of the gospel is God’s way of salvation: “Hear, and your soul shall live.” Christ...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. These words refer not only to David, but to Jesus, great David’s greater Son. The next verse is spoken specially to him, not to us, yet as we overhear it, we...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, — “With you” who have any desire for it, — “with you” who hunger and thirst after righteousness, and who have no other recommendation than that, poor as it is, — “I will make an everlasting covenant with...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him — The Son of David, — “great David’s greater Son,” — and God’s own well beloved and only-begotten Son, even Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. God says “I have given him”—