New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 55:8-13
8“For My thoughts are not 1your thoughts, Nor are 2your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.9“For 3as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.10For as the 4rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it produce and sprout, And providing 5seed to the sower and bread to the eater;11So will My 6word be which goes out of My mouth; It will 7not return to Me empty, Without 8accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.12For you will go out with 9joy And be led in 10peace; The 11mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you, And all the 12trees of the field will clap their hands.13Instead of the 13thorn bush, the 14juniper will come up, And instead of the 15stinging nettle, the myrtle will come up; And 16it will be a 1718memorial to the Lord, An everlasting 19sign which 20will not be eliminated.”
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 55:8 Is 65:2; 66:18 ↩
- 2. Isaiah 55:8 Is 53:6 ↩
- 3. Isaiah 55:9 Ps 103:11 ↩
- 4. Isaiah 55:10 Is 30:23 ↩
- 5. Isaiah 55:10 2 Cor 9:10 ↩
- 6. Isaiah 55:11 Is 45:23; Matt 24:35 ↩
- 7. Isaiah 55:11 Is 44:26; 59:21 ↩
- 8. Isaiah 55:11 Is 46:10; 53:10 ↩
- 9. Isaiah 55:12 Ps 105:43; Is 51:11; 52:9 ↩
- 10. Isaiah 55:12 Is 54:10, 13; Jer 29:11 ↩
- 11. Isaiah 55:12 Is 44:23; 49:13 ↩
- 12. Isaiah 55:12 1 Chr 16:33 ↩
- 13. Isaiah 55:13 Is 7:19 ↩
- 14. Isaiah 55:13 Is 60:13 ↩
- 15. Isaiah 55:13 Is 5:6; 7:24; 32:13 ↩
- 16. Isaiah 55:13 I.e., the transformation of the desert ↩
- 17. Isaiah 55:13 Lit name ↩
- 18. Isaiah 55:13 Is 63:12, 14; Jer 33:9 ↩
- 19. Isaiah 55:13 Is 19:20 ↩
- 20. Isaiah 55:13 Is 56:5 ↩
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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