Isa 55 | NASB2020 | STEP | “ You there ! Everyone 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 “ ^{▼▼Lit Hoy}You there! Everyone who ^bthirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have ^cno ^{▼▼Lit silver}money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy ^ewine and milk
^fWithout money and without cost.
2 “Why do you ^{▼▼Lit weigh out silver}spend money for what is ^hnot bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and ⁱeat what is good,
And ^jdelight yourself in abundance.
3 “ ^kIncline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that ^{▼▼Lit your soul}you may ^mlive;
And I will make ⁿan everlasting covenant with you,
According to the ^ofaithful mercies ^{▼▼Lit of David}shown to David.
4 “Behold, I have made ^qhim a witness to the peoples,
A ^rleader and commander for the peoples.
5 “Behold, you will call a ^snation you do not know,
And a nation which does not know you will ^trun to you,
Because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel;
For He has ^uglorified you.”

6 ^vSeek the Lord while He may be found;
^wCall upon Him while He is near.
7 ^xLet the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his ^ythoughts;
And let him ^zreturn to the Lord,
And He will have ^aacompassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will ^ababundantly pardon.
8 “For My thoughts are not ^acyour thoughts,
Nor are ^adyour ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For ^aeas 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 ^afrain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it produce and sprout,
And providing ^agseed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My ^ahword be which goes out of My mouth;
It will ^ainot return to Me empty,
Without ^ajaccomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.
12 “For you will go out with ^akjoy
And be led in ^alpeace;
The ^ammountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you,
And all the ^antrees of the field will clap their hands.
13 “Instead of the ^aothorn bush, the ^apjuniper will come up,
And instead of the ^aqstinging nettle, the myrtle will come up;
And ^{▼▼I.e., the transformation of the desert}it will be a ^{▼▼Lit name
,} ^atmemorial to the Lord,
An everlasting ^ausign which ^avwill not be eliminated.”