Isaiah 55:1

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ho	ה֤וֹי Ho	H1945	oh! · interjection
thirsteth	צָמֵא֙ tza.Me'	H6771	thirsty (literally or figuratively) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
waters	לַמַּ֔יִם la.Ma.yim	H4325	water · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
money	כָּ֑סֶף Ka.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
buy	שִׁבְרוּ֙ shiv.Ru	H7666	to deal in grain · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
eat	וֶֽאֱכֹ֔לוּ ve.'e.Kho.lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
buy	שִׁבְר֗וּ shiv.Ru	H7666	to deal in grain · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
wine	יַ֥יִן Ya.yin	H3196	wine (as fermented) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
milk	וְחָלָֽב ve.cha.Lav	H2461	milk (as the richness of kine) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
money	כֶ֛סֶף Khe.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
price	מְחִ֖יר me.Chir	H4242	price · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

John 7:37-38 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of th…
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him ta…
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon th…
John 4:10-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have as…
Isaiah 41:17-18 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel w…
Psalms 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:1-5

Here, I. We are all invited to come and take the benefit of that provision which the grace of God has made for poor souls in the new covenant, of that which is the heritage of the servants of the Lord (Isa 54:17), and not only their heritage hereafter, but their cup now, Isa 55:1. Observe, 1. Who are invited: Ho, every one. Not the Jews only, to whom first the word of salvation was sent, but the Gentiles, the poor and the maimed, the halt and the blind, are called to this marriage supper, whoever can be picked up out of the highways and the hedges. It intimates that in Christ there is enough for all and enough for each, that ministers are to make a general offer of life and salvation to all,…

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Adam Clarke on Isaiah 55:1

Ho, every one that thirsteth - "Water," says Zimchi, "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,' Psa 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…

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John Gill on Isaiah 55:1

Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,.... These are the words not of the prophet, but of the Lord, as what follows throughout the chapter shows; and are directed to the Gentiles, as Aben Ezra thinks: and indeed their conversion is manifestly spoken of in it; and who, Kimchi says, after the war of Gog and Magog, shall know that the Lord reigns, and shall come and be desirous of learning his judgments and laws. The word "ho" is expressive of calling, as the Jewish commentators rightly observe; and carries in it an invitation, in which there seems to be a commiseration of the case of the persons called and it is delivered in indefinite terms, and very openly and publicly; and has…

The Church Fathers

As long as the virtues are found before us and are sold cheaply, let us take from the munificent One, let us grasp, let us purchase.… As long as the festival lasts, let us buy alms, or, better yet, let us purchase salvation through almsgiving. You clothe Christ when you clothe the poor.
— John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON REPENTANCE AND ALMSGIVING 7:6.22

He then who is wise is free, bought with the price of the heavenly oracles, with that gold, that silver of the Divine Word; bought with the price of blood (for it is no small thing to acknowledge one's Redeemer;) bought with the price of Grace: he who heard and understood the words, Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and drink and eat.
— Ambrose of Milan, Letter 37, 15

"Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters," that is, you, who are deprived of any kind of good, run to the fear of God, because you will be educated through the doctrine that comes from me; even though you possess nothing better, at least pay "the price," which is repentance, and buy the virtue of the fear of God thanks to the generosity that [comes] from his mercy. This is what the words "without money and without price" mean.
— Ishodad of Merv, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 55:1

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Emblems Of The Holy Spirit, The · Freely given — Freely given
Hunger · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Milk · FIGURATITE — FIGURATITE
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as
Salvation · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Thirst · Figurative of the ar — Figurative of the ar
Water · .Water of salvation — .Water of salvation
Wine · Illustrative: Of the blessing of the gospel — Illustrative: Of the blessing of the gospel

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 55:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:1-5

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 55:1

John Gill on Isaiah 55:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 55:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:1-5

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 55:1

John Gill on Isaiah 55:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 55:1

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 55:1-13

Rashi on Isaiah 55:1