Isaiah issues a four-part injunction to the people of Judah to return to God, to renounce their iniquities, and to reaffirm the promises of the Davidic Covenant: come (55:1), listen (55:2), seek, and call on God while he is near and can be found (55:6). This plea is pertinent to Christians during this season of Lent, a season of exile and return, renewal and restoration, affliction and comfort, and death and resurrection.

The prophet exhorts us to come unto the Lord. The prophet urges them to “come” and turn from their crooked and wicked ways. “Come all who are thirsty ... and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost” (55:1).

It does not cost the sinner to come to God, for he can receive the gift of salvation without cost. He can purch…