Isaiah 55:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Do ye

Spend

Isaiah 46:6

General references

Matthew 22:9

Bible References

Do ye

He is feeding on ashes, A deluded heart, hath turned him aside, - And he cannot deliver his own soul nor say, Is there not a falsehood in my right hand?

For two wicked things, have my people committed, - Me, have they forsaken a fountain of living water, To hew out for themselves cisterns broken cisterns, that cannot hold water.

For, to the wind, they sow, and, to the whirlwind, they reap: stalk, hath it none, That which shooteth forth, shall yield no meal, If so be it yield, foreigners, swallow it lip,

Ephraim, feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind, all the day, falsehood and force, doth he magnify, - and, a covenant with Assyria, would they solemnize, and, oil into Egypt, must be borne along.

Lo! is it not from Yahweh of hosts - that peoples labour for fire, and, populations, for emptiness, weary themselves?

But, in vain, do they pay devotions unto me, teaching, for teachings, the commandments of men.

And he went his way, and joined himself unto one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to be feeding swine.

Whereas, Israel, though in pursuit of a law of righteousness, unto a law, have not attained.

For I bear them witness that they have, a zeal for God, - but not according to correct knowledge;

Although, indeed, I, might have confidence even in flesh. If any other thinketh to have confidence in flesh, I, more: -

With teachings, manifold and strange, be not carried aside; for it is, noble, that, with gratitude, should, the heart, be getting confirmed, - not with matters of food, in which, they who are walking, have not been profited.

Spend

They who pour gold out of a purse, And who weigh silver in a balance, - Who hire a goldsmith that he may make it into a GOD, They adore, yea they bow down;

General references

For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.

Doth not, wisdom, cry aloud? and, understanding, send forth her voice?

Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;

If ye be willing - and hearken Of the good of the land, shall ye eat;

Be going, therefore, into the crossways of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call ye into the marriage-feast.