ISAIAH 55
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee, because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 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;
11 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.
12 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 field shall clap their hands.
13 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 the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Cross-references
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- 1Jhn 7:37–38, Rev 21:6, Rev 22:17, Isa 44:3, Jhn 4:10–14, Isa 41:17–18, Psa 143:6, Rev 22:1
- 2Jhn 6:48–58, Jer 2:13, Psa 36:8, Psa 22:26, Rom 10:2–3, Heb 13:9, Jer 31:14, Isa 51:7
- 3Jer 32:40, Mat 11:28, Pro 4:20, Jhn 10:27, Act 13:34, Gen 17:7, Isa 61:8, Psa 78:1
- 4Isa 9:6–7, Rev 1:5, Dan 9:25, 1Ti 6:13, Rev 3:14, Ezk 34:23–24, Psa 18:43, Heb 2:10
- 5Isa 60:5, Isa 60:9, Zec 2:11, Rom 15:20, Gen 49:10, Isa 56:8, Isa 55:4, Jhn 17:1
- 6Jer 29:12–14, Psa 145:18, Isa 45:19, Psa 32:6, Psa 14:2, Isa 65:24, Mat 7:7–8, 2Co 6:1–2
- 7Pro 28:13, Jas 4:8–10, Ezk 18:21–23, Luk 15:10, Isa 44:22, Jon 3:10, Isa 43:25, Ezk 33:14–16
- 8Psa 92:5, Psa 40:5, Hos 14:9, Ezk 18:29, Psa 25:10, Dan 4:37, Isa 53:6, Pro 21:8
- 9Rom 11:31–36, Psa 103:11, Mat 11:25, Psa 77:19, Psa 36:5, Psa 89:2
- 102Co 9:9–11, Deu 32:2, Isa 30:23, Ezk 34:26, Hos 10:12, Isa 61:11, Psa 65:9–13, 1Sa 23:4
- 11Mat 24:35, Isa 46:10, Rom 10:17, Jhn 6:63, Isa 45:23, Luk 8:11–16, 1Co 1:18, 1Th 2:13
- 12Gal 5:22, Rom 15:13, Isa 44:23, Psa 105:43, Psa 96:11–13, Psa 98:7–9, Rev 19:1–6, Isa 49:13
- 13Eph 3:20–21, 1Pe 2:9–10, Isa 41:19, 2Co 5:17, Jer 33:9, Isa 61:3, Isa 60:13, Jer 50:5
Topics in this chapter
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Blessing, Bread, Brier, Call, Church, Covenant, Desire, Diligence, Gentiles, Gifts From God, God, Gospel, Hunger, Jesus, the Christ, Joy, Milk, Money, Myrtle, Peace, Prayer, Prophecy, Quotations and Allusions, Regeneration, Repentance, Righteousness, Salvation, Seekers, Sin, Thirst, Water, Wicked (People), Wine, Word of God