Isaiah 55
55
1Come, every one of you who's thirsty, come and drink the water! You who don't have money, come—you can buy and eat! Come and buy wine and milk—you don't need money; there's no cost! 2Why are you spending money on what isn't food, and why work for something that doesn't satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: eat what is good, and you'll enjoy the very best food.
3Come here to me, and pay attention, so you can truly live. I'm going to make an agreement with you that will last forever, based on the trustworthy love I showed to David. 4See how I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for them. 5You will call nations you don't even know, and nations who don't know you will come running to you. For the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, I made you glorious.
6Look for the Lord while you can still find him; call out to him while he's nearby. 7Wicked people should change their ways and get rid of even the thought of doing something wrong. They should turn to the Lord so he can be merciful to them. Come back to our God, because he's generous with his forgiveness.
8For your thoughts are not my thoughts; and your ways are not my ways, declares the Lord. 9In the same way the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
10It's like the rain and snow that fall from heaven. They don't go back there until they've watered the earth, making plants grow and flower, providing seeds for the sower and food to eat. 11In the same way the words I say don't come back to me unfulfilled, they accomplish what I want—they successfully achieve my purpose. 12You will live happily, taught the ways of peace. Mountains and hills will celebrate, singing beside you; and all the trees will clap their hands! 13Cypress trees will grow instead of thorn bushes; myrtle trees will grow instead of brambles. This is to confirm the Lord's reputation—an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.
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Isaiah 55
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The Invitation to the Waters
1#SS 5:1; Rev 21:6 Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2#Ps 22:26; Hos 8:7 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3#Isa 61:8; Ac 13:34 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Listen, so that your soul may live,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.
4#Jer 30:9; Da 9:25 See, I have given him as a witness to the people,
a leader and commander to the people.
5#Isa 60:9; Ge 49:10 Surely you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and nations that did not know you shall run to you
because of the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel;
for He has glorified you.
6#Ps 32:6; Isa 45:19 Seek the Lord while He may be found,
call you upon Him while He is near.
7#Isa 44:22; Pr 28:13 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him,
and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
8For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways My ways,
says the Lord.
9#Ps 103:11 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10#Isa 30:23 For as the rain comes down,
and the snow from heaven,
and do not return there
but water the earth
and make it bring forth and bud
that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11#Isa 45:23; 46:10 so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
it shall not return to Me void,
but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
12#Isa 44:23; Ps 105:43 For you shall go out with joy,
and be led out with peace;
the mountains and the hills
shall break forth into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field
shall clap their hands.
13#Isa 41:19; 60:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign
that shall not be cut off.
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