Isa 5:6, 55:10-11 | JFB | STEP | 6. I will ... command-- The parable is partly dropped and Jehovah, as in , is implied to be the Owner: for He alone, not an ordinary husbandman ( ; ), could give such a "command." no rain-- antitypically, the heaven-sent teachings of the prophets ( ). Not accomplished in the Babylonish captivity; for Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, and Zechariah prophesied during or after it. But in gospel times.

‏ Isaiah 5:6

6. I will ... command--The parable is partly dropped and Jehovah, as in Is 5:7, is implied to be the Owner: for He alone, not an ordinary husbandman (Mt 21:43; Lu 17:22), could give such a "command."

no rain--antitypically, the heaven-sent teachings of the prophets (Am 8:11). Not accomplished in the Babylonish captivity; for Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, and Zechariah prophesied during or after it. But in gospel times.

‏ Isaiah 55:10-11

10. The hearts of men, once barren of spirituality, shall be made, by the outpouring of the Spirit under Messiah, to bear fruits of righteousness (Is 5:6; De 32:2; 2Sa 23:4; Psa 72:6).

snow--which covers plants from frost in winter; and, when melted in spring, waters the earth.

returneth not--void; as in Is 55:11; it returns not in the same shape, or without "accomplishing" the desired end.

bud--germinate.

11. (Mt 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. The full accomplishment of this verse, and Is 55:12, 13, is, however, to be at the Jews' final restoration and conversion of the world (Is 11:9-12; 60:1-5, 21).