So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void - (Matthew 24:35.) Rain may to us seem lost when it falls on a desert, but it fulfils some purpose of God. So the Gospel word falling on the hard heart: it sometimes works a change at last; and even if not so, it leaves men without excuse. The full accomplishment of this verse, and Isaiah 55:12-13, is, however, to be at the Jews' final restoration and conversion of the world (Isaiah 11:9-12; Isaiah 60:1-5; Isaiah 60:21).