Isaiah 55
55
The Compassion of the Lord
1 # ch. 44:3; John 7:37; [Matt. 5:6] “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
#
Prov. 9:5
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2 # [John 6:27] Why do you spend your 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 delight yourselves in rich food.
3Incline your ear, and come to me;
#
Prov. 4:4 hear, that your soul may live;
# ch. 61:8; Jer. 32:40; Ezek. 37:26; [ch. 54:8; 59:21] and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
#
Ps. 89:33-35; [Acts 13:34] my steadfast, sure love for #Jer. 30:9David.
4 #
Ps. 18:43 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
#
Dan. 9:25; Mic. 5:2; Acts 5:31; Rev. 17:14; 19:16; [ch. 9:6, 7] a leader and commander for the peoples.
5 # [See ver. 4 above] Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and #Zech. 8:22, 23 a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
# [ch. 44:23; Acts 3:13] for he has glorified you.
6 #
Ps. 32:6; Amos 5:4 “Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares 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 # [Ps. 148:8] “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
# [2 Cor. 9:10] giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but #ch. 40:8it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 # ch. 35:10; [ch. 48:20, 21; 52:12] “For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
# ch. 44:23; Ps. 98:8 the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 # ch. 35:1, 2; 41:19 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
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Isaiah 55
55
The Lord's Invitation
1 #
Rev 21.6; 22.17. If you are thirsty,
come and drink water!
If you don't have any money,
come, eat what you want!
Drink wine and milk
without paying a cent.
2 #
Si 24.19-22. Why waste your money
on what really isn't food?
Why work hard for something
that doesn't satisfy?
Listen carefully to me,
and you will enjoy
the very best foods.
3 #
Ac 13.34. Pay close attention!
Come to me and live.
I will promise you
the eternal love and loyalty
that I promised David.
4I made him the leader and ruler
of the nations;
he was my witness to them.
5You will call out to nations
you have never known.
And they have never known you,
but they will come running
because I am the Lord,
the holy God of Israel,
and I have honored you.
God's Words Are Powerful
6Turn to the Lord!
He can still be found.
Call out to God! He is near.
7Give up your evil ways
and your evil thoughts.
Return to the Lord our God.
He will be merciful
and forgive your sins.
8The Lord says:
“My thoughts and my ways
are not like yours.
9Just as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
my thoughts and my ways
are higher than yours.
10 #
2 Co 9.10. “Rain and snow fall from the sky.
But they don't return
without watering the earth
that produces seeds to plant
and grain to eat.
11That's how it is with my words.
They don't return to me
without doing everything
I send them to do.”
God's People Will Celebrate
12When you are set free,
you will celebrate
and travel home in peace.
Mountains and hills will sing
as you pass by,
and trees will clap.
13Cypress and myrtle trees
will grow in fields
once covered by thorns.
And then those trees will stand
as a lasting witness
to the glory of the Lord.
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