Come to the Lord
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“Come, everyone who is thirsty,(A)
come to the waters;
and you without money,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost!
2 come to the waters;
and you without money,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost!
Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.(a)
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5 and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.(a)
so you will summon a nation you do not know,(F)
and nations who do not know you will run to you.(G)
For the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,(H)
has glorified you.”(I)
and nations who do not know you will run to you.(G)
For the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,(H)
has glorified you.”(I)
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Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;(K)
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.(L)
and the sinful one his thoughts;(K)
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.(L)
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“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not My ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 and your ways are not My ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“For as heaven is higher than earth,(M)
so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,(N)
11 and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,(N)
so My word that comes from My mouth
will not return to Me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”(O)
will not return to Me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”(O)
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 55:2: Lit enjoy fatness