--- title: "Isaiah 55 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Isaiah 55 with clarkes commentary commentary. 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 without money and wi" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/isaiah/55" --- [ Read](/kjv/isaiah/55)[ Commentary](/study/isaiah/55)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/isaiah/55) Audio 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 without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for *that which is* not bread? and your labour for *that which* satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye *that which is* good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.* 3 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. 4 Behold, I have given him *for* a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation *that* thou knowest not, and nations *that* knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 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.** 8 ¶ For my thoughts *are* not your thoughts, neither *are* your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For *as* the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 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. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap *their* hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign *that* shall not be cut off. [Isaiah 54](/study/isaiah/54) [Isaiah 56](/study/isaiah/56) ## Commentary To verse 1 Verse [Isaiah 55:1](/kjv/isaiah/55/1). ***Ho, every one that thirsteth*** — "Water," says *Kimchi*, "is a metaphor for the *law* and *wisdom*: as the world cannot subsist without water, so it is impossible that it can subsist without *wisdom*. The *law* is also compared to *wine* and *milk*: to *wine* because *wine* rejoiceth the heart, as it is written: 'The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart,' [Psalms 19:8](/kjv/psalms/19/8). It is compared also to *milk*, because *milk* is the subsistence of the child; so are the *words of the law* the *nourishment* of his soul who walks in the Divine teaching, and grows up under it." ***Come, buy wine and milk*** — In ancient times our forefathers used what is now called the *old third person singular*, ending in *eth*, for the *imperative mood*. We have a fine example of His in the first verses of this chapter. I shall present them as they stand in my old MS. Bible: - *Alle gee thirstinge cummeth to wateris: and* *gee that han not sylver, goth forth and bieth, and etith. Cummeth,* *bieth without silver, and without eny chaungyng, wyn and mylc.* *Heerith gee, heering me and etith gode thinge, and deliten schal* *in fattnesse your soule. Bowith in your eie and cummeth to mee,* *heerith and liven schal your soule. 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