Isaiah 55 : 1 (ERVEN)
"All you people who are thirsty, come! Here is water for you to drink. Don't worry if you have no money. Come, eat and drink until you are full! You don't need money. The milk and wine are free.
Isaiah 55 : 2 (ERVEN)
Why waste your money on something that is not real food? Why should you work for something that does not really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the food that satisfies your soul.
Isaiah 55 : 3 (ERVEN)
Listen closely to what I say. Listen to me so that you will live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. It will be an agreement you can trust, like the one I made with David � a promise to love him and be loyal to him forever.
Isaiah 55 : 4 (ERVEN)
I made David a witness of my power for all nations. I promised him that he would become a ruler and commander of many nations."
Isaiah 55 : 5 (ERVEN)
There are nations in places you don't know, but you will call for them to come. They don't know you, but they will run to you. This will happen because the Lord, your God, wants it. It will happen because the Holy One of Israel honors you.
Isaiah 55 : 6 (ERVEN)
So you should look for the Lord before it is too late. You should call to him now, while he is near.
Isaiah 55 : 7 (ERVEN)
Evil people should stop living evil lives. They should stop thinking bad thoughts. They should come to the Lord again, and he will comfort them. They should come to our God because he will freely forgive them.
Isaiah 55 : 8 (ERVEN)
The Lord says, "My thoughts are not like yours. Your ways are not like mine.
Isaiah 55 : 9 (ERVEN)
Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts." This is what the Lord himself said.
Isaiah 55 : 10 (ERVEN)
"Rain and snow fall from the sky and don't return until they have watered the ground. Then the ground causes the plants to sprout and grow, and they produce seeds for the farmer and food for people to eat.
Isaiah 55 : 11 (ERVEN)
In the same way, my words leave my mouth, and they don't come back without results. My words make the things happen that I want to happen. They succeed in doing what I send them to do.
Isaiah 55 : 12 (ERVEN)
"So you will go out from there with joy. You will be led out in peace. When you come to the mountains and hills, they will begin singing. All the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
Isaiah 55 : 13 (ERVEN)
Large cypress trees will grow where there were thornbushes. Myrtle trees will grow where there were weeds. All this will happen to make the Lord known, to be a permanent reminder of his goodness and power."
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