Isaiah 55

Invitation to the Needy

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!

2Why 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.

3Incline 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.#55:3 Cited in Acts 13:34

4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations,

a leader and commander of the peoples.

5Surely 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.”

6Seek the Lord while He may be found;

call on Him while He is near.

7Let 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.

10For 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,

11so 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.

12You 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.

13Instead of the thornbush, the cypress#55:13 Or pine or juniper or fir 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.”

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Isaiah 55

An Invitation to Abundant Life

1“Ho! #(Matt. 5:6; John 4:14; 7:37; Rev. 21:6; 22:17)Everyone who thirsts,

Come to the waters;

And you who have no money,

#(Matt. 13:44; Rev. 3:18)Come, buy and eat.

Yes, come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without price.

2Why do you spend money for what is not bread,

And your wages for what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,

And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

3Incline your ear, and #Matt. 11:28come to Me.

Hear, and your soul shall live;

#Is. 54:8; 61:8; Jer. 32:40And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—

The #2 Sam. 7:8; Ps. 89:28; (Acts 13:34)sure mercies of David.

4Indeed I have given him as #(John 18:37; Rev. 1:5)a witness to the people,

#(Jer. 30:9; Ezek. 34:23; Dan. 9:25)A leader and commander for the people.

5#Is. 52:15; Eph. 2:11, 12Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,

#Is. 60:5And nations who do not know you shall run to you,

Because of the Lord your God,

And the Holy One of Israel;

#Is. 60:9For He has glorified you.”

6#Matt. 5:25; 25:11; John 7:34; 8:21; 2 Cor. 6:2; (Heb. 3:13)Seek the Lord while He may be #Ps. 32:6; Is. 49:8found,

Call upon Him while He is near.

7#Is. 1:16Let the wicked forsake his way,

And the unrighteous man #Is. 59:7; Zech. 8:17his thoughts;

Let him return to the Lord,

#Ps. 130:7; Jer. 3:12And He will have mercy on him;

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.

8“For#2 Sam. 7:19 My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

9“For#Ps. 103:11 as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways,

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

10“For #Deut. 32:2as 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#Is. 45:23; Matt. 24:35So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

It shall not return to Me void,

But it shall accomplish what I please,

And it shall #Is. 46:9–11prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

12“For#Is. 35:10 you shall go out with joy,

And be led out with peace;

The mountains and the hills

Shall #Ps. 98:8break forth into singing before you,

And #1 Chr. 16:33all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13#Is. 41:19Instead of #Mic. 7:4the thorn shall come up the cypress tree,

And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;

And it shall be to the Lord #Jer. 13:11for a name,

For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

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