New Living Translation
Isaiah • Chapter 55
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“Is anyone thirsty?<br>Come and drink —<br>even if you have no money!<br>Come, take your choice of wine or milk —<br>it’s all free!<br>
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Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?<br>Why pay for food that does you no good?<br>Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.<br>You will enjoy the finest food.<br>
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“Come to me with your ears wide open.<br>Listen, and you will find life.<br>I will make an everlasting covenant with you.<br>I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.<br>
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See how I used him to display my power among the peoples.<br>I made him a leader among the nations.<br>
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You also will command nations you do not know,<br>and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey,<br>because I, the LORD your God (Elohim),<br>the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”<br>
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Seek the LORD while you can find him.<br>Call on him now while he is near.<br>
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Let the wicked change their ways<br>and banish the very thought of doing wrong.<br>Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them.<br>Yes, turn to our God (Elohim), for he will forgive generously.<br>
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“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD.<br>“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.<br>
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For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,<br>so my ways are higher than your ways<br>and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.<br>
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“The rain and snow come down from the heavens<br>and stay on the ground to water the earth.<br>They cause the grain to grow,<br>producing seed for the farmer<br>and bread for the hungry.<br>
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It is the same with my word.<br>I send it out, and it always produces fruit.<br>It will accomplish all I want it to,<br>and it will prosper everywhere I send it.<br>
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You will live in joy and peace.<br>The mountains and hills will burst into song,<br>and the trees of the field will clap their hands!<br>
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Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow.<br>Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.<br>These events will bring great honor to the LORD’s name;<br>they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”<br>