Isaiah 55:1

+ 55:1 (1-2) MP: By quotation, Messiah is declaring himself a parallel Feast Day fulfillment. “Every one come who is thirsty” (John 7:37-39) is applied Messiah’s ministry. (John 7:37-39; Rev 22:17) Culture Note: By quoting the first lines of this chapter, Messiah is referencing the entire chapter (as was a common custom of rabbis of his day because all Jews memorized the whole of Bible books), therefore the entire chapter is used to allude to his Messianic claim and be as a witness to this prophetic fulfillment. By quoting this passage, the Messiah applied the Tabernacles Water Pouring ceremony and the intention of the ceremony to himself and to the effusion and permeation of the Holy Spirit (Is 44:3). The Holy Spirit is promised to be given by Messiah and even accompanying His ministry. Bishop Lowth, in 1846, quoted an undefined passage in Jerusalem Talmud, concluding that the song in (Num 21:16-18) is to be sung in the times of the Messiah, possibly at this ceremony. The water is said to be “drawn from the wells of salvation” (Is 12:3), signifying the influences of the Holy Spirit to be given in the days of Messiah. “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! + 55:1. Quoted in John 7:37; Rev 22:17 2 Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! 2 Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. + 55:1. Quoted in Rev 21:6, 22:17 1

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Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

In Context

2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, 2 and your labor for that which does not satisfy? 1 Sh'ma ·Hear obey· sh'ma ·hear obey· unto me, and eat that which is good, 2 and let your soul delight itself in richness. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 63:1God, you are my God. 2 I will earnestly seek you. 1 My soul thirsts for you. 2 My flesh longs for you, 2 in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 1

Proverbs 1:21She calls at the head of noisy places. 2 At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words: 1

Proverbs 9:1Wisdom has built her house. 2 She has carved out her seven pillars. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:1

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 but that it was intended for the comfort of the people of God that lived then, especially of the captives in… Read the whole commentary →

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