Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
me . . . live—by coming to me ye shall live: for "I am the life" (John 14:6).
everlasting covenant— (Jeremiah 32:40; II Samuel 23:5).
with you . . . David—God's covenant is with the antitypical David, Messiah (Ezekiel 34:23), and so with us by our identification with Him.
sure—answering to "everlasting," irrevocable, unfailing, to be relied on (Psalms 89:2-4, Psalms 89:28-29, Psalms 89:34-36; Jeremiah 33:20-21; II Samuel 7:15-16; II Corinthians 1:18-20).
mercies of David—the mercies of grace (Isaiah 63:7; John 1:16) which I covenanted to give to David, and especially to Messiah, his antitype. Quoted in Acts 13:34.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 55:3:
Psalms 89:1
Isaiah 55:1
Isaiah 55:6
Jeremiah 30:9
Jeremiah 32:40
Ezekiel 16:60
Ezekiel 34:23
Ezekiel 37:26
Hosea 3:5
Amos 5:4
John 1:14
Acts 13:34-37
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