Isaiah 55:1 (ESV) “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price."
The metaphor is that we are invited to enter the marketplace and purchase anything we want, even if we are penniless. Not only are we invited to come and buy without money, we are encouraged to buy what is the very finest. “. . . Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.” (Isaiah 55:2b, ESV).
To those who buy well, they will enter into an eternal covenant of grace with Christ Jesus (55:3). The redemption of God is beyond human comprehension, but those that seek Christ will find Him; and His promises are sure (55:6 & 10ff). To those that buy well there is the promise of ultimate joy (55:12). This salvation is for Jew and Gentile alike; all who seek the Lord (56:8).
“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” (Isaiah 57:15, ESV)
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