The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 55:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Seek ye the Lord. Again the strain changes. The people are once more addressed, but in a tone of reproach. Israel must "seek the Lord" without delay, or the opportunity will be past; God will have withdrawn himself from them.

He "will not alway be chiding, neither keepeth he his anger for ever" (Psalms 103:9).

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