Isaiah 55

1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

3 Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.

4 Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.

5 Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

11 so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

12 You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

13 Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

1 ¶ Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

2 Wherefore do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for [that which] satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which is] good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.

4 Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

8 For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

9 For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.

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 name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.

1 Now therefore, all ye that thirst, come ye hither for water; and ye that have no money, come ye hither, buy and eat; come ye hither, and buy without money, and for nothing, both wine and milk.

2 Why do ye count money where there is no bread, and your labour where ye cannot be satisfied? Hearken ye unto me, and eat that which is good, and your souls shall be fat with lust.

3 Give ear, and come unto me: hear, and your souls shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the certain mercies of David.

4 Behold, I have set him for a witness unto the people, for a ruler and master unto the nations.

5 Behold, thou shalt call the heathen whom thou knowest not: and the heathen that know thee not shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and because of the Holy One that is in Israel, which glorifieth thee.

6 Seek the Lord, because he is to be found; call upon him, because he is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the transgressor his thoughts, and turn unto the LORD; and he will have mercy upon him, and upon our God: for with him is much forgiveness.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD,

9 But as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain and the snow falleth from heaven, and returneth not again; but moisteneth the earth, and maketh it fruitful and yielding, that it may give seed to sow, and bread to eat,

11 So shall the word that goeth forth out of my mouth be: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall do that which I please, and it shall prosper when I send it.

12 For ye shall go forth in joy, and be led in peace. Mountains and hills shall rejoice before you with glory, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13 Let fir trees grow for hedges, and myrtles for thorns: and let the LORD have a name and an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off.