Isaiah 55
55WAIT {and} listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing].H1945H6771H3212H4325H3701H3212H7666H398H3212H7666H3196H2461H3701H42422Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your earnings for what does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness [the profuseness of spiritual joy].H8254H3701H3899H3018H7654H3808H8085H8085H398H2896H5315H6026H18803Incline your ear [submit and consent to the divine will] and come to Me; hear, and your soul will revive; and I will make an everlasting covenant {or} league with you, even the sure mercy (kindness, goodwill, and compassion) promised to David.H5186H241H3212H8085H5315H2421H3772H5769H1285H539H2617H17324Behold, I have appointed him (Him) [David, as a representative of the Messiah, or the Messiah Himself] to be a witness [one (One) who shall testify of salvation] to the nations, a prince (Prince) and commander (Commander) to the peoples.H5414H5707H3816H5057H6680H38165Behold, you [Israel] shall call nations that you know not, and nations that do not know you shall run to you because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.H7121H1471H3045H1471H3045H7323H3068H430H6918H3478H62866Seek, inquire for, {and} require the Lord while He may be found [claiming Him by necessity and by right]; call upon Him while He is near.H1875H3068H4672H7121H71387Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity, {and} mercy for him, and to our God, for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon.H7563H5800H1870H205H376H4284H7725H3068H7355H430H7235H55458For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.H4284H4284H1870H1870H5002H30689For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.H8064H1361H776H1870H1361H1870H4284H428410For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,H1653H3381H7950H8064H7725H7301H776H3205H6779H5414H2233H2232H3899H39811So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please {and} purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.H1697H3318H6310H7725H7387H6213H2654H6743H797112For you shall go out [from the spiritual exile caused by sin and evil into the homeland] with joy and be led forth [by your Leader, the Lord Himself, and His word] with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.H3318H8057H2986H7965H2022H1389H6476H6440H7440H6086H7704H4222H370913Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name of renown, for an everlasting sign [of jubilant exaltation] {and} memorial [to His praise], which shall not be cut off.H5285H5927H1265H5636H5927H1918H3068H8034H5769H226H3772
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