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 feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no flour; if it were to yield, strangers would devour it.

Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousnessdid not succeed in reaching that law.

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

though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

Spend

Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!

General references

For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice?

"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'