Isa 55 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Ho ! Every one who thirsts , come to the waters ; And you who have no money come , buy and eat . Come , buy wine and milk Without money and without cost .

Isaiah 55

The Free Offer of Mercy

1 “Ho! Every one who ^athirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have ^bno ^{▼▼ Lit silver}money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy ^dwine and milk
^eWithout money and without cost.
2 “Why do you ^{▼▼ Lit weigh out silver}spend money for what is ^gnot bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and ^heat what is good,
And ⁱdelight yourself in abundance.
3 ^j“Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that ^{▼▼ Lit your soul}you may ^llive;
And I will make ^man everlasting covenant with you,
According to the ⁿfaithful mercies ^{▼▼ Lit of David}shown to David.
4 “Behold, I have made ^phim a witness to the peoples,
A ^qleader and commander for the peoples.
5 “Behold, you will call a ^rnation you do not know,
And a nation which knows you not will ^srun to you,
Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel;
For He has ^tglorified you.”

6 ^uSeek the Lord while He may be found;
^vCall upon Him while He is near.
7 ^wLet the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his ^xthoughts;
And let him ^yreturn to the Lord,
And He will have ^zcompassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will ^aaabundantly pardon.
8 “For My thoughts are not ^abyour thoughts,
Nor are ^acyour ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For ^ad 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 ^aerain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing ^afseed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My ^agword be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will ^ahnot return to Me empty,
Without ^aiaccomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
12 “For you will go out with ^ajjoy
And be led forth with ^akpeace;
The ^almountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the ^amtrees of the field will clap their hands.
13 “Instead of the ^anthorn bush the ^aocypress will come up,
And instead of the ^apnettle the myrtle will come up,
And ^{▼▼ I.e. the transformation of the desert}it will be a ^{▼▼ Lit name
,} ^asmemorial to the Lord,
For an everlasting ^atsign which ^auwill not be cut off.”