Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 55:3
3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.1
Isaiah 55:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David.
Context of Isaiah 55:3
1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! 2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David. 4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples. 5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
Read all of Isaiah 55Isaiah 55:3 word by word
הַטּ֤וּ אָזְנְכֶם֙ וּלְכ֣וּ אֵלַ֔י שִׁמְע֖וּ וּתְחִ֣י נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וְאֶכְרְתָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ בְּרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֔ם חַֽסְדֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד הַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- Inclineנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- your earאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
- and comeהָלַךְhâlak · to go: comeH1980
- to Meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- so that your soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
- may liveחָיָהchâyâh · to liveH2421
- I will makeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
- an everlastingעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- My loving devotionחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
- promisedאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
- to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
Cross-references for Isaiah 55:3
- Psalms 78:1Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
- Psalms 119:112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- Proverbs 4:20My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
- John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Matthew 13:16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
- Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 8:47Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
- Isaiah 61:8For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Commentaries on Isaiah 55:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3I will make an everlasting covenant - Hebrews עולם ברית לכם אכרתה echrethah lachem berith olam, "I will cut the old or everlasting covenant sacrifice with you." That covenant sacrifice which was pointed out of old from the very beginning; and which is to last to the consummation of ages; viz., the Lamb of God that was slain from the foundation of the world. The sure mercies of David - That is, says Kimchi, "The Messiah," called here David; as it is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live: Those who obey God's word find eternal life (see also Isaiah 55:11). an everlasting covenant … promised to David: God gave King David a special promise to preserve his royal line (see 2 Samuel 7:15–16). God promised that David’s family line would continue forever. This promise is fulfilled in the kingship of the Messiah (God’s chosen king), Jesus Christ (see Isaiah 9:6–7; 11:1–16; Acts 2:22–36; 13:34).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. me ... live--by coming to me ye shall live: for "I am the life" (Joh 14:6). everlasting covenant--(Jr 32:40; 2Sa 23:5). with you ... David--God's covenant is with the antitypical David, Messiah (Eze 34:23), and so with us by our identification with Him. sure--answering to "everlasting," irrevocable, unfailing, to be relied on (Psa 89:2-4, 28, 29, 34-36; Jr 33:20, 21; 2Sa 7:15, 16; 2Co 1:18-20). mercies of David--the mercies of grace (Is 63:7; Joh 1:16)…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Isaiah 55:3 Cited in Acts 13:34 ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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