Isaiah 55:4
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 2:6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."
Isaiah 9:6For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 43:12I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown;and there was no strange god among you.Therefore you are my witnesses,"says the Lord, "and I am God.
Jeremiah 30:9but they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.
Daniel 9:25Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until the time of an anointed prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. It shall be built again, with open spaces and a moat, but in times of distress.
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,being small among the clans of Judah,out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel;whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:2-6
Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting… Read the whole commentary →