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is thirsty,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">come to the water;</p><p class="poem">and you without silver,</p><p class="poem">come, buy, and eat!</p><p class="poem">Come, buy wine and milk</p><p class="poem">without silver and without cost!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Why do you spend silver on what is not food,</p><p class="poem">and your wages on what does not satisfy?</p><p class="poem">Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,</p><p class="poem">and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.55.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Pay attention and come to me;</p><p class="poem">listen, so that you will live.</p><p class="poem">I will make a permanent covenant with you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.55.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">a leader and commander for the peoples,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>so you will summon a nation you do not know,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and nations who do not know you will run to you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">For the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> your God,</p><p class="poem">even the Holy One of Israel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.5.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">has glorified you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.5.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seek the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> while he may be found;</p><p class="poem">call to him while he is near.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let the wicked one abandon his way</p><p class="poem">and the sinful one his thoughts;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">let him return to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">so he may have compassion on him,</p><p class="poem">and to our God, for he will freely forgive.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,</p><p class="poem">and your ways are not my ways.”</p><p class="poem">This is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“For as heaven is higher than earth,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">so my ways are higher than your ways,</p><p class="poem">and my thoughts than your thoughts.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For just as rain and snow fall from heaven</p><p class="poem">and do not return there</p><p class="poem">without saturating the earth</p><p class="poem">and making it germinate and sprout,</p><p class="poem">and providing seed to sow</p><p class="poem">and food to eat,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>so my word that comes from my mouth</p><p class="poem">will not return to me empty,</p><p class="poem">but it will accomplish what I please</p><p class="poem">and will prosper in what I send it to do.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You will indeed go out with joy</p><p class="poem">and be peacefully guided;</p><p class="poem">the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,</p><p class="poem">and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.55.13" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/55-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,</p><p class="poem">and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">this will stand as a monument for the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.55.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.55" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.55.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.2">55:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">enjoy fatness</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.55.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.3">55:3</a></span> Or <span class="italic">with you, the faithful acts of kindness shown to David</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.55" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.1">55:1</a></span> Ps 42:1–2; 63:1; 143:6; Is 41:17; 44:3; Jn 4:14; 7:37; Rv 21:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.3">55:3</a></span> Gn 9:16; 17:7; 2Sm 23:5; Is 24:5; 59:21; 61:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.3">55:3</a></span> Ac 13:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.4">55:4</a></span> Ps 18:43</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.4">55:4</a></span> Ezk 34:24; 37:24–25; Dn 9:25; Mc 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.5">55:5</a></span> Is 45:14,22–24; 49:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.5">55:5</a></span> Zch 8:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.5.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.5">55:5</a></span> Is 1:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.5.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.5">55:5</a></span> Is 60:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.6">55:6</a></span> Ps 32:6; Am 5:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.7">55:7</a></span> Ps 33:10; Is 32:7; 59:7; 65:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.7">55:7</a></span> Is 1:18; 43:25; 44:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.9">55:9</a></span> Ps 103:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.10">55:10</a></span> 2Co 9:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.11">55:11</a></span> Is 45:23; 46:10; 53:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.12">55:12</a></span> Ps 98:8; Is 44:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.13">55:13</a></span> Is 35:1–2; 41:19; 60:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.55.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.55.13">55:13</a></span> Is 63:12–14; Jr 33:9</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.55" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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