Isa 55 | ABEn | STEP | Woe the ones thirsting. Go unto water! And as many as do not have money, proceeding, buy and eat! And go and buy without money! even valuable wine and fatling.

‏ Isaiah 55

CHAPTER 55 Invitation to Life

1 Woe the ones thirsting. Go unto water! And as many as do not have money, proceeding, buy and eat! And go and buy without money! even valuable wine and fatling. 2 What do you value for money not in bread loaves, and your effort not unto fullness? Hearken to me! and you shall eat good things, and shall revel in good things to your soul. 3 Take heed with your ears, and follow after my ways! Listen to me! and you shall live with good things for your soul. And I shall ordain with you [²covenant ¹an eternal] -- the sacred things of David, the trustworthy ones. 4 Behold, [³a testimony ⁴to nations ¹I made ²him], a ruler and one assigning to nations. 5 Behold, nations which do not know you shall call upon you, and peoples which have no knowledge of you [²upon ³you ¹shall take refuge], because of the lord your God, even the holy one of Israel -- for he glorified you. 6 Seek the lord! and in the finding [²him ¹call upon]! whenever he should approach to you. 7 Let [³leave ¹the ²impious one] his ways, and [²man ¹the lawless] his plans! And let him return unto the lord! and he shall be shown mercy, even from our God, for [³unto ⁴much ¹he will forgive ²your sins]. 8 [⁵not ¹For ⁴are ³plans ²my] as your plans; nor as your ways are my ways, says the lord. 9 But as the distance the heaven is from the earth, so [²is at a distance ¹my way] from your ways, and your considerations from my mind. 10 For as whenever [⁵should come down ¹the ²rain ³or ⁴snow] from heaven, and in no way shall it return until whenever it should saturate the earth, and the earth should bring forth, and should sprout, and should give seed to the one sowing, and bread for food; 11 so shall it be with my word, which ever shall come forth from out of my mouth -- in no way shall it return to me empty until whenever it should finish as much as I wanted; and I will prosper your ways and my precepts. 12 For with gladness you shall go forth, and in joy you shall be led. For the mountains and the hills shall leap out favorably receiving you in joy, and all the trees of the field shall clap with their tender branches. 13 And instead of a pile, [²shall ascend ¹the cypress]. And instead of the briar [²shall ascend ¹the myrtle]. And the lord will be for a name and for [²sign ¹an eternal], and it shall not cease.