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Isaiah 55

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Isaiah 55 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

ASV: 1ASV

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

WEB: 2WEB

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.

ASV: 2ASV

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

WEB: 3WEB

Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

ASV: 3ASV

Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

WEB: 4WEB

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

ASV: 4ASV

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

WEB: 5WEB

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

ASV: 5ASV

Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not; and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

WEB: 6WEB

Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

ASV: 6ASV

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

WEB: 7WEB

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

ASV: 7ASV

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

WEB: 8WEB

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.

ASV: 8ASV

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

WEB: 9WEB

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

ASV: 9ASV

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

WEB: 10WEB

For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

ASV: 10ASV

For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

WEB: 11WEB

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

ASV: 11ASV

so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

WEB: 12WEB

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.

ASV: 12ASV

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

WEB: 13WEB

Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for the LORD, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”

ASV: 13ASV

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.