Isa 55:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. me . . . live —by coming to me ye shall live: for " I am the life " ( ). everlasting covenant — ( ). with you . . . David —God's covenant is with the antitypical David, Messiah ( ), and so with us by our identification with Him. sure —answering to "everlasting," irrevocable, unfailing, to be relied on ( ). mercies of David —the mercies of grace ( ) which I covenanted to give to David, and especially to Messiah, his antitype. Quoted in .

Isaiah 55:3

3. me . . . live—by coming to me ye shall live: for "I am the life" (Joh 14:6).

everlasting covenant— (Jer 32:40; 2Sa 23:5).

with you . . . David—God's covenant is with the antitypical David, Messiah (Eze 34:23), and so with us by our identification with Him.

sure—answering to "everlasting," irrevocable, unfailing, to be relied on (Ps 89:2-4, 28, 29, 34-36; Jer 33:20, 21; 2Sa 7:15, 16; 2Co 1:18-20).

mercies of David—the mercies of grace (Isa 63:7; Joh 1:16) which I covenanted to give to David, and especially to Messiah, his antitype. Quoted in Ac 13:34.