so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
Seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near. This covenant of grace belongs to every soul that thirsts for happiness, not to Jews alone or captives in Babylon. God offers pardon and peace on gospel terms to all poor sinners; the appointed method is Christ as your way, the Spirit as your guide, and the Word as your rule.
AI summary
Commenting on Isaiah 55:6-13
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...
(Mat 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 so, it leaves men without excuse.