Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
THE CALL OF THE GENTILE WORLD TO FAITH THE RESULT OF GOD'S GRACE TO THE JEWS FIRST. (Isaiah 55:1-13)
every one—After the special privileges of Israel (Isa. 54:1-17) there follow, as the consequence, the universal invitation to the Gentiles (Luke 24:47; Romans 11:12, Romans 11:15).
Ho—calls the most earnest attention.
thirsteth—has a keen sense of need (Matthew 5:6).
waters . . . wine and milk—a gradation. Not merely water, which is needed to maintain life at all, but wine and milk to strengthen, cheer, and nourish; the spiritual blessings of the Gospel are meant (Isaiah 25:6; Song of Solomon 5:1; John 7:37). "Waters," plural, to denote abundance (Isaiah 43:20; Isaiah 44:3).
no money—Yet, in Isaiah 55:2, it is said, "ye spend money." A seeming paradox. Ye are really spiritual bankrupts: but thinking yourselves to have money, namely, a devotion of your own making, ye lavish it on that "which is not bread," that is, on idols, whether literal or spiritual.
buy . . . without money—another paradox. We are bought, but not with a price paid by ourselves (I Corinthians 6:20; I Peter 1:18-19). In a different sense we are to "buy" salvation, namely, by parting with everything which comes between us and Christ who has bought it for us and by making it our own (Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:46; Luke 12:33; Revelation 3:18).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 55:1:
Song of Solomon 1:2
Song of Solomon 3:6
Song of Solomon 5:1
Isaiah 18:1
Isaiah 45:13
Isaiah 52:3
Isaiah 52:15
Isaiah 55:1
Isaiah 55:2
Isaiah 55:6
Jeremiah 2:13
Matthew 25:9
John 7:37-39
Revelation 3:18
Revelation 21:6
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