Bible Verse Lookup
Is 55:1-3
Chapter 55
1
Covenant of the Lord
Come here, all you who are thirsty, come to the water! All who have no money, come! Yes, buy and drink wine and milk without money and at no cost.
2
Why spend money on what is not food and labor for what does not satisfy? Listen to me, and you will eat well and enjoy the richest of fare.
3
Incline your ear and come to me; listen, your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting Covenant, I will fulfill in you my promises to David.
Commentaries
Covenant of the Lord.
God invites the exiles in Babylon to return and join in a banquet he will prepare to establish an eternal covenant (2-3; cf. Ex 24:9-11). In the book of Proverbs, Wisdom, personified, also extends a similar invitation (Prov 9:1-6). The prophecy made to the house of David will come true (cf. 2 Sm 7). The Persian nation is the people who, without knowing the “Holy One of Israel,” grant Him freedom.