God's Word Cannot Fail

An imaginative reflection on Isaiah's prophecy about how God's word works

One of the canticles¹ for Morning Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer is “The Second Song of Isaiah,” taken from Isaiah 55:6-11, which ends with these words:

For as rain and snow fall from the heavens *
and return not again, but water the earth,
Bringing forth life and giving growth, *
seed for sowing and bread for eating,
So is my word that goes for…