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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/54.htm" title="Isaiah 54">◄</a> Isaiah 55 <a href="../isaiah/56.htm" title="Isaiah 56">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29055" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29055" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">An Invitation to Grace</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29055001" class="ver">1</span>All you who are thirsty,<a id="rfn29055001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29055001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">come to the water!</p> <p class="sl">You who have no money,</p> <p class="sl1">come, buy grain and eat;</p> <p class="sl">Come, buy grain without money,</p> <p class="sl1">wine and milk without cost!<a id="ren29055001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29055001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055002" class="ver">2</span>Why spend your money for what is not bread;</p> <p class="sl1">your wages for what does not satisfy?</p> <p class="sl">Only listen to me, and you shall eat well,</p> <p class="sl1">you shall delight in rich fare.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055003" class="ver">3</span>Pay attention and come to me;</p> <p class="sl1">listen, that you may have life.</p> <p class="sl">I will make with you an everlasting covenant,</p> <p class="sl1">the steadfast loyalty promised to David.<a id="ren29055003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29055003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055004" class="ver">4</span>As I made him a witness to peoples,</p> <p class="sl1">a leader and commander of peoples,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055005" class="ver">5</span>So shall you summon a nation you knew not,</p> <p class="sl1">and a nation<a id="rfn29055005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29055005-1">*</a> that knew you not shall run to you,</p> <p class="sl">Because of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God,</p> <p class="sl1">the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.<a id="ren29055005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29055005-c">c</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29055006" class="ver">6</span><a id="rfn29055006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29055006-1">*</a> Seek the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> while he may be found,</p> <p class="sl1">call upon him while he is near.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055007" class="ver">7</span>Let the wicked forsake their way,</p> <p class="sl1">and sinners their thoughts;</p> <p class="sl">Let them turn to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> to find mercy;</p> <p class="sl1">to our God, who is generous in forgiving.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055008" class="ver">8</span>For my thoughts are not your thoughts,</p> <p class="sl1">nor are your ways my ways—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055009" class="ver">9</span>For as the heavens are higher than the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">so are my ways higher than your ways,</p> <p class="sl1">my thoughts higher than your thoughts.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29055010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn29055010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29055010-1">*</a> Yet just as from the heavens</p> <p class="sl1">the rain and snow come down</p> <p class="sl">And do not return there</p> <p class="sl1">till they have watered the earth,</p> <p class="sl1">making it fertile and fruitful,</p> <p class="sl">Giving seed to the one who sows</p> <p class="sl1">and bread to the one who eats,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055011" class="ver">11</span>So shall my word be</p> <p class="sl1">that goes forth from my mouth;</p> <p class="sl">It shall not return to me empty,</p> <p class="sl1">but shall do what pleases me,</p> <p class="sl1">achieving the end for which I sent it.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29055012" class="ver">12</span>Yes, in joy you shall go forth,</p> <p class="sl1">in peace you shall be brought home;</p> <p class="sl">Mountains and hills shall break out in song before you,</p> <p class="sl1">all trees of the field shall clap their hands.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29055013" class="ver">13</span>In place of the thornbush, the cypress shall grow,</p> <p class="sl1">instead of nettles,<a id="rfn29055013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29055013-1">*</a> the myrtle.</p> <p class="sl">This shall be to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s renown,</p> <p class="sl1">as an everlasting sign that shall not fail.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div 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