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Darby's French Translation

Ésaïe 55:11

ainsi sera ma parole qui sort de ma bouche: elle ne reviendra pas à moi sans effet, mais fera ce qui est mon plaisir, et accomplira ce pour quoi je l'ai envoyée.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Jesus, the Christ;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Rain;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Word;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Isaiah;   Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Theology of;   Joy;   Logos;   Micah, Book of;   Righteousness;   Servant of the Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Living (2);   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Word of od;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mediation;   Trinity;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;   Philo Judæus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 19;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 9;  

Parallel Translations

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Ainsi sera ma parole qui sera sortie de ma bouche, elle ne retournera point vers moi sans effet, mais elle fera tout ce en quoi j'aurai pris plaisir, et prospérera dans les choses pour lesquelles je l'aurai envoyée.
La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Ainsi en est-il de ma parole, qui sort de ma bouche; elle ne retourne pas à moi sans effet, sans avoir fait ce que j'ai voulu, et accompli l'œuvre pour laquelle je l'ai envoyée.
Louis Segond (1910)
Ainsi en est-il de ma parole, qui sort de ma bouche: Elle ne retourne point à moi sans effet, Sans avoir exécuté ma volonté Et accompli mes desseins.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall my: Isaiah 54:9, Deuteronomy 32:2, Matthew 24:35, Luke 8:11-16, John 6:63, Romans 10:17, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 6:7, James 1:18, 1 Peter 1:23

it shall accomplish: Isaiah 44:26-28, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 46:10, Ephesians 1:9-11

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:12 - herb Ecclesiastes 11:3 - the clouds Song of Solomon 2:13 - fig tree Isaiah 27:3 - water Isaiah 30:23 - shall he Isaiah 32:15 - wilderness Isaiah 32:20 - Blessed Isaiah 40:8 - the word Isaiah 53:10 - the pleasure Isaiah 61:11 - as the earth Ezekiel 1:17 - and Ezekiel 12:25 - I will Ezekiel 21:5 - it shall Ezekiel 24:14 - the Lord Amos 6:11 - the Lord Haggai 1:12 - Zerubbabel Acts 5:14 - believers Acts 15:14 - to take Acts 19:20 - General Romans 3:3 - shall Romans 4:14 - made Romans 9:6 - as though Philippians 4:7 - the peace 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - our 1 Timothy 4:16 - them Hebrews 4:12 - is quick Hebrews 6:17 - the immutability

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth,.... My good word, as the Targum; this may either be understood of Christ, the eternal Word, who is called the Word of God, and may be said to go forth out of his mouth, being spoken of by all his holy prophets, since the world began, whose coming was like the rain or snow, Hosea 6:3, he came from heaven, from his Father there, and as a free gift of his, and in consequence of a decree, as the rain does; the manner of his coming, like that, was suddenly, gratefully, and with great efficacy, watering his people with his grace, through the ministry of the word, and making them fruitful; and though he returned to heaven again, yet not empty, without fruit and effect; he produced a large harvest of souls, and procured all blessings of grace for them, and accomplished the whole will and pleasure of God, in effecting the salvation of his people; and the pleasure of the Lord prospered in his hand: or else it may be interpreted of God's word of promise; the promises are made in heaven, and come from thence as the rain and snow do; are the gifts of God's grace; are very refreshing and reviving, as rain to the earth; and are always effectual, being yea and amen in Christ Jesus; and being made good, fulfil purposes, or the good will and pleasure of God; particularly promises concerning Christ, pardon and peace through him; such as are given forth in this chapter: or rather it may be meant of the word of the Gospel, which is of God; comes from heaven; is a blessing grace; falls according to divine direction here and there; tarries not for the expectations, desires, or deserts of men; falls in great plenty; and is a blessing wherever it comes: it is the means of softening the hard hearts of men; of cooling the conscience set on fire by the law, and allaying the heat of divine wrath there; and of refreshing and reviving drooping, disconsolate, and weary souls: it is the means of the first buddings of grace in the Lord's people, and of the larger exercises and flourishings of it, and of all fruitfulness in good works: it is productive of seed to Christ the sower, and fruit to his ministers who labour under him, and of bread to the eater, the believer, whom it furnishes with the bread of life to feed upon by faith:

it shall not return to me void; it is accompanied with a divine energy; it is the power of God to salvation:

but it shall accomplish that which I please; in the conversion of sinners, and comfort of saints:

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it: whether it be the savour of life unto life, or the savour of death unto death; whether for the quickening of sinners, and reviving of saints; or whether for the hardening of men, and leaving them without excuse to perish in their sins, both in the Jewish and Gentile world.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So shall my word be - All the truth which God reveals is as much adapted to produce an effect on the hard and sterile hearts of men as the rain is on the earth.

It shall not return unto me void - It shall not return to me without accomplishing that which I intend.

And it shall prosper - (See the note at Isaiah 52:13). This proves:

1. That God has a design in giving his Word to people. He has as distinct an intention in his Word as he has in sending down rain upon the earth.

2. That whatever is his design in giving the gospel, it shall be accomplished. It is never spoken in vain, and never fails to produce the effect which he intends. The gospel is no more preached in vain than the rain falls in vain. And though that often falls on barren rocks, or on arid sands; on extended plains where no vegetation is produced, or in the wilderness ‘where no man is,’ and seems to our eyes in vain, yet it is not so. God has a design in each drop that falls on sands or rocks, as really as in the copious shower that falls on fertile fields. And so the gospel often falls on the hard and barren hearts of men. It is addressed to the proud, the sensual, the avaricious, and the unbelieving, and seems to be spoken in vain, and to return void unto God. But it is not so. He has some design in it, and that will be accomplished. It is proof of the fullness of his mercy. It leaves people without excuse, and justifies himself. Or when long presented - apparently long in vain - it ultimately becomes successful, and sinners are at last brought to abandon their sins, and to turn unto God. It is indeed often rejected and despised. It falls on the ears of people apparently as the rain falls on the hard rock, and there are, so to speak, large fields where the gospel is preached as barren and unfruitful of any spiritual good as the extended desert is of vegetation, and the gospel seems to be preached to almost entire communities with as little effect as is produced when the rains fall on the deserts of Arabia, or of Africa. But there will be better and happier times. Though the gospel may not now produce all the good effects which we may desire, yet it will be ultimately successful to the full wish of the widest benevolence, and the whole world shall be filled with the knowledge and the love of God.


 
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