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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Isaiah 55:3
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Listen closely to what I say. Listen to me so that you will live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. It will be an agreement you can trust, like the one I made with David— a promise to love him and be loyal to him forever.
"Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Come to me and listen; listen to me so you may live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. I will give you the blessings I promised to David.
Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
"Incline your ear [to listen] and come to Me; Hear, so that your soul may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies [promised and] shown to David.
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.
Bowe ye youre eere, and `come ye to me; here ye, and youre soule schal lyue; and Y schal smyte with you a couenaunt euerlastynge, the feithful mercies of Dauid.
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.
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, My loving devotion assured to David.
Pay close attention! Come to me and live. I will promise you the eternal love and loyalty that I promised David.
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.
Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
Open your ears, and come to me; listen well, and you will live — I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the grace I assured David.
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
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.
Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
Listen and come to Me. Hear, so you may live. And I will make an agreement with you that lasts forever, because of the faithful love promised to David.
Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
Encline your eares, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shal liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
Incline your ear, and come to me; listen to me, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
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.
Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede [I say] and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: hearken to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.
"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.
Pay attention and come to me;listen, so that you will live.I will make a permanent covenant with youon the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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.
Extend your ear, and come to me! Listen so that your soul may live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the enduring proofs of the mercies shown to David.
Bend your ear and come to Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will cut an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.
Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
Enclyne youre eares, & come vnto me, take hede & youre soule shal lyue. For I will make an euerlastinge couenaunt with you, eue the sure mercies of Dauid.
"Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
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.
"Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David.
Incline your ear and come to Me.Listen, that your soul may live;And I will cut an everlasting covenant with you,According to the faithful lovingkindnesses of David.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Incline: Psalms 78:1, Psalms 119:112, Proverbs 4:20
come: Matthew 11:28, John 6:37, John 6:44, John 6:45, John 7:37
hear: Matthew 13:16, Matthew 17:5, John 5:24, John 5:25, John 8:47, John 10:27
and I will: Isaiah 54:8, Isaiah 61:8, Genesis 17:7, 2 Samuel 23:5, Jeremiah 32:40, Jeremiah 50:5, Hebrews 13:20
the sure: 2 Samuel 7:8-17, Psalms 89:28, Psalms 89:35-37, Jeremiah 33:20, Jeremiah 33:21, Jeremiah 33:26, Ezekiel 37:24, Ezekiel 37:25, Acts 13:34
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:16 - everlasting Genesis 15:18 - made Genesis 19:20 - and my Exodus 6:4 - established Leviticus 26:9 - establish Deuteronomy 28:1 - If thou shalt Deuteronomy 30:10 - hearken unto 2 Samuel 7:15 - But my 1 Kings 11:34 - for David 2 Kings 20:5 - the God 1 Chronicles 16:17 - an everlasting 1 Chronicles 17:13 - I will be 2 Chronicles 1:8 - Thou has showed 2 Chronicles 6:42 - remember 2 Chronicles 24:19 - but they would Psalms 81:8 - Hear Psalms 89:49 - thou Psalms 95:7 - if ye Psalms 111:9 - he hath Proverbs 1:33 - whoso Proverbs 2:2 - thou Proverbs 4:4 - keep Proverbs 7:2 - Keep Proverbs 15:31 - ear Proverbs 22:17 - and hear Isaiah 44:1 - now Isaiah 48:12 - Hearken Isaiah 49:1 - and hearken Isaiah 51:1 - Hearken Isaiah 54:10 - the covenant Isaiah 56:4 - take hold Isaiah 59:21 - this Jeremiah 30:9 - General Jeremiah 38:20 - and thy Ezekiel 16:60 - I will establish Ezekiel 34:23 - my servant Ezekiel 34:25 - I will make Ezekiel 37:26 - I will make Daniel 9:27 - confirm Hosea 3:5 - and David their king Amos 5:4 - and Zechariah 7:7 - Should ye not hear the words Matthew 15:10 - Hear Mark 4:24 - hear Luke 6:47 - cometh Luke 9:35 - hear John 10:28 - they Acts 3:22 - him Romans 11:27 - this Hebrews 3:7 - hear Hebrews 5:9 - unto Hebrews 8:8 - covenant Hebrews 11:6 - he that Hebrews 12:24 - new 1 Peter 2:4 - To
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Incline your ear, and come unto me,.... The exhortations are repeated, to show the importance of them, how welcome these persons were to the Lord, and to his house, and his earnest and tender care and concern for them:
hear, and your soul shall live; or, "that your soul may live f"; spiritually and eternally. There must be life before hearing; men must be made alive before they can come to Christ spiritually, or hear his word so as to have a spiritual understanding of it, or savingly believe it; but the meaning is, that by coming and hearing the word of the Lord, they should have something to live upon, good, solid, substantial food; and that they should live comfortably and plentifully, and that for ever. It was reckoned a great absurdity in Sunlungus, a Chinese philosopher, who asserted g that a man had three ears, one different from the two that are seen; it is true in a spiritual sense.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you; which is to be understood not of the covenant of works, nor of the covenant of circumcision, nor of the Sinai covenant; but of the covenant of grace, which is an "everlasting one"; it is from everlasting, being founded in the everlasting love of God, is according to his eternal purposes; Christ is the Mediator of it, who as such was set up from everlasting, and the promises and blessings of it were so early put into his hands; and it will continue to everlasting, sure, firm, unalterable, and immovable. This, properly speaking, was made with Christ from all eternity, and his people in him; it is made manifest to them at conversion, when they are shown it, and their interest in it; when God makes himself known to them as their covenant God, and Christ as the Mediator of it is revealed to them; when the Lord puts his Spirit into them, and makes them partakers of the grace of it; shows them their interest in the blessings of it, and opens and applies the promises of it unto them; and these are made manifest in the ministration of the Gospel, and in the administration of ordinances: even "the sure mercies of David"; that is, the Messiah, the son of David, and his antitype, whence he is often called by his name,
Ezekiel 34:23, and so Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and others h, interpret it. The blessings of the covenant are called "mercies", because they spring from the mercy of God, as redemption, pardon of sin, regeneration, salvation, and eternal life; and they are the mercies of David, or of Christ, for the promises of them were made to him, and the things themselves put into his hands, and are ratified and confirmed by his blood, and through him come to his people: and these are "sure", firm, and steadfast, through the faithfulness and holiness of God, who has given them to Christ; through being in a covenant ordered in all things and sure; and also being in the hands of Christ, in whom the promises are yea and amen, and the blessings sure to all the seed; see Acts 13:34,
Acts 13:34- :.
f ותחי "ut vivat", Junius & Tremellius, Vitringa. g Martin. Hist. Sinic. l. 4. p. 170. h Abarbinel, Mashmiah Jeshuah, fol. 26, 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear, and your soul shall live - That is, if you attend to my command and embrace my promises, you shall live. Religion in the Scriptures is often represented as life John 5:40; John 6:33; John 8:13; John 20:31; Romans 5:17-18; Romans 6:4; Romans 8:6; 1 John 5:12; Revelation 2:7-10. It stands opposed to the death of sin - to spiritual and eternal death.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you - On the word ‘covenant,’ see the notes at Isaiah 28:18; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:8. Here it means that God would bind himself to be their God, their protector, and their friend. This covenant would be made with all who would come to him. It would not be with the nation of the Jews, as such, or with any community, as such, but it would be with all who should embrace the offers of life and salvation.
Even the sure mercies of David - I will confirm to you, and fulfill in you, the solemn promises made to David. The transaction here referred to is that which is celebrated in Psalms 89:2-4 :
For I have said, mercy shall be built up forever;
Thy faithfulness hast thou established in the very heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen,
I have sworn unto David my servant,
Thy seed will I establish forever,
And build up thy throne to all generations.
A kingdom had thus been promised to David, and he had been assured that the true religion should flourish among those who were to succeed him in Israel. The prophet here says that this solemn promise. would be fulfilled in those who should embrace the Messiah, and that God would ratify with them this covenant. The word rendered here ‘mercies’ (חסד chesed), properly means kindness, goodwill, pity, compassion; then goodness, mercy, grace. The word rendered ‘sure,’ denotes that which is established, or confirmed; that in which confidence may be placed. The whole expression denotes that the covenant made with David was one which promised great favors, and was one which was not to be abrogated, but which was to be perpetual. With all who embraced the Messiah, God would enter into such an unchanging and unwavering covenant - a covenant which was not to be revoked.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 55:3. I will make an everlasting covenant — Heb. אכרתה לכם ברית עולם 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 written, "David my servant shall be a prince over you."
