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The Sure Mercies of David Part I (The Promise) Isaiah 55: 1-7

“… and I will make an everlasting covenant with you – The sure mercies of David” The expression is reminiscent of God’s everlasting covenant with David and his household (2 Samuel 7:16; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalm 89:3, 4). An expression of God’s mercy for His people Israel and to make that mercy sure, He took a man whom He had chosen—a man whom He loved, a man whom He intended to use—and He made with him a Covenant that He would set him upon the throne, that by his personal influence he might bring down blessings upon all the people. These are “the sure mercies of David.” The Greek text more accurately described it; “the holy and sure blessings of David” In the matter of our salvation, “the sure mercies of David” means that God has laid it hold upon His Son, Jesus Christ.

  • God promised David regarding his son, “But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul. . . And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever” (2 Samuel 7:15, 16).
  • “My mercy will I keep for him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast (translated “sure” in Isaiah 55:3) with him. His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven” (Psalm 89:28, 29).
  • Therefore, Isaiah 55 anticipates the future day when the Lord will encourage His earthly people to return to Him and enjoy the fulfillment of His promises to David.
  • This kingdom of Christ, the Son of David, is assured by the resurrection, since Acts 13:34, 35 relates these “sure mercies of David” to Psalm 16:10.”Thou shalt not suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.” “The sure mercies of David” guarantee that our Lord, the risen Son of David, will have a throne in Jerusalem and an everlasting kingdom.

Never were more splendid and lavish promises made than those in which the perpetual sovereignty of David’s house was covenanted to David himself. Never did promises seem more completely disappointed of all hope of fulfillment than the promises made to David. In the end, never promised more gloriously fulfilled than those very promises, as they have been fulfilled in our Lord Jesus Christ. True, we do not as yet see all things put under Him, but His suffering and triumph are to us the pledge of His eternal kingdom.