Isaiah 55:1-5
Come freely and receive covenant life.
1 “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
3 Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”
Come freely and receive covenant life.
To invite the thirsty to receive covenant life freely and to reaffirm the sure mercies promised to David.
Addressing a people emerging from exile, the passage calls them to find true satisfaction and life in God's provision rather than in futile pursuits.
The LORD Invites the Thirsty to Receive His Everlasting Covenant Mercy
Because the Servant has secured redemption, the LORD freely invites the thirsty to come, receive covenant mercy, forsake wickedness, trust his higher ways, and share in the joyful restoration accomplished by his unfailing word.