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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 55 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/isaiah/55.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/55.htm" 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href="/isaiah/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?</div><div class="po2">And your gain for that which satisfieth not?</div><div class="po2">Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is good,</div><div class="po2">And let your soul delight itself in fatness.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Incline your ear, and come unto Me;</div><div class="po2">Hear, and your soul shall live;</div><div class="po2">And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,</div><div class="po2">Even the sure mercies of David.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,</div><div class="po2">A prince and commander to the peoples.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not,</div><div class="po2">And a nation that knew not thee shall run unto thee;</div><div class="po2">Because of the LORD thy God,</div><div class="po2">And for the Holy One of Israel, for He hath glorified thee.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seek ye the LORD while He may be found,</div><div class="po2">Call ye upon Him while He is near;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let the wicked forsake his way,</div><div class="po2">And the man of iniquity his thoughts;</div><div class="po2">And let him return unto the LORD, and He will have compassion upon him,</div><div class="po2">And to our God, for He will abundantly pardon</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For My thoughts are not your thoughts,</div><div class="po2">Neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways,</div><div class="po2">And My thoughts than your thoughts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven,</div><div class="po2">And returneth not thither,</div><div class="po2">Except it water the earth,</div><div class="po2">And make it bring forth and bud,</div><div class="po2">And give seed to the sower and bread to the eater;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth:</div><div class="po2">It shall not return unto Me void,</div><div class="po2">Except it accomplish that which I please,</div><div class="po2">And make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For ye shall go out with joy,</div><div class="po2">And be led forth with peace;</div><div class="po2">The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,</div><div class="po2">And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress,</div><div class="po2">And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;</div><div class="po2">And it shall be to the LORD for a memorial,</div><div class="po2">For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/54.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' 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