Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the wicked ... - In this verse we are told what is necessary in order to seek God and to return to him, and the encouragement which we have t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let the wicked (k) forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Seek Yahweh, for the Great Deliverance is at Hand. Let the exiles seek Yahweh, for the time is at hand. His plans for His people reach beyond their...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wicked . lawless man (singular) Hebrew. rasha', App-44. forsake. See note on Isaiah 1:4 . way... thoughts. Note the Introversion of lines...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Let the wicked man forsake his way. He confirms the former statement; for, having formerly called men to receive the grace of God, he now...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 984 ENCOURAGEMENT TO TURN TO GOD Isaiah 55:7 . Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him retu...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Waters.. wine.. milk ] These stand figuratively, as the whole context shows, for spiritual blessings.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 55:1-13 , Isaiah 56:1-8 CHAPTER XXII ON THE EVE OF RETURN Isaiah 54:1-17 , Isaiah 55:1-13 , Isaiah 56:1-8 ONE of the difficult p...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Free Offer of Pardoning Grace Isaiah 55:1-13 The Prince of Life , Isaiah 55:4 , r.v. Four times in the New Testament this title is appli...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Immediately following the song we have the prophet's great appeal. It is made in the consciousness of the victory won by the Servant of the Lord and...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Oh! how blessed is it to see the earnestness with which the Lord pleads with his people. The gospel is called the ministry of reconciliation, 2 Cori...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the wicked forsake his way ,.... His evil way, as the Targum paraphrases it, his wicked course of life; and which is his own way, of his own cho...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our G...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seek ye the Lord , &c. Having discoursed of the office and work of Christ, and showed that he should call people and nations to himself and to G...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Evangelical Invitations. B. C. 706. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let the wicked man, any wicked man, either Jew or Gentile, forsake his way ; his evil or wicked way, as is evident from the foregoing word, and as...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Command to Seek Yahweh ( Isaiah 55:6-7 ). And now as a result of the triumph of the Servant and of the Davidic King the call of mercy can go o...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

GOD UNKNOWN YET KNOWN Isaiah 55:6-9 . Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, &c. There is a paradox in these words. They invite us to seek...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAN’S ABILITY TO TURN TO GOD AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL Isaiah 55:7 . Let the wicked forsake his way, &c. God has done and is doing, in the work...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 55:6-7 I. Observe the order of the steps of grace. You are first to feel after God in your own heart, "if haply you may find Him;" and when...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 55:7 I. Look, first, at the Counsellor. (1) He who speaks to the wicked man, and to the unrighteous man, is He who made all things. The Fat...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This chapter might very well have been found in the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John, for it is so plain, so simple, and so ful...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 55:1 . 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 w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It is the language of infinite mercy, speaking to the abject condition of mankind. We have become naked, and poor and miserable through sin, and God,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hear these inspired words, dear friends, as though they came fresh from heaven, as though God himself spoke them at this moment out of the excellent...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 55:12 . The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing. Virgil has the like ideas. Eclogue 5: 62. Ipsi lætitia v...
The Biblical Illustrator

He, every one that thirsteth The cries of the water-carriers Public messages [Isaiah] would, as a matter of course, deliver publicly in the fre...
The Biblical Illustrator

Seek ye the Lord while He may be found The Lord to be sought Notice how it reads: “Seek the Lord. ” It don’t say seek happiness; it don’t say...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let the wicked forsake his way The way of return to God and its encouragements 1 . Here there are apparently two things expressed--a negative...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 55:1-23 AN EXHORTATION TO SPIRITUALITY AND REPENTANCE . The prophet passes from the ideal to the actual, from...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel Called to Repentance
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let the wicked forsake his way, no longer, in contempt of God, pursuing the way of his own lusts and desires, and the unrighteous man his thoughts,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ; 1 Timothy 1:15 ; 1 Timothy 1:16 ; 2 Chronicles 7:14 ; Acts 26:20 ; Acts 3:19 ; Acts 8:21 ; Acts 8:22 ; Ephesians 1:6-...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Great Invitation Isaiah 55:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Isaiah 55:1-13 is a marvelous appendix to the fifty-second and fifty-third Chapter s....
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Return — By sincere repentance, and faith.

⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteousb man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 55:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 55:7