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- Isaiah
- Chapter 55
- Verse 3
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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Hear, and your soul shall live - That is, if you attend to my command and embrace my promises, you shall live. Religion in the Scriptures is often represented as life Joh 5:40; Joh 6:33; Joh 8:13; Joh…
Adam Clarke
I will make an everlasting covenant - Hebrews אכרתה לכם ברית עולם echrethah lachem berith olam, "I will cut the old or everlasting covenant sacrifice with you." That covenant sacrifice which was…
Here, I. We are all invited to come and take the benefit of that provision which the grace of God has made for poor souls in the new covenant, of that which is the heritage of the servants of the Lord…
The offer of Isa 55:1-2 is summed up in the promise of an everlasting covenant. see ch. Isa 42:6; Isa 49:8; and cf. Isa 61:8; Jer 32:40; Jer 31:31-33.
Incline your ear &c. The condition imposed is…
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