King James VersionIsaiah55

Isaiah

1 Ho, ev­ery one that thirsteth, come ye to the wa­ters, and he that hath no mon­ey; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk with­out mon­ey and with­out price. 2 Where­fore do ye spend mon­ey for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which sat­is­fi­eth not? hear­ken dili­gent­ly unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul de­light it­self in fat­ness. 3 In­cline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an ev­er­last­ing covenant with you, even the sure mer­cies of David. 4 Be­hold, I have giv­en him for a wit­ness to the peo­ple, a lead­er and com­man­der to the peo­ple. 5 Be­hold, thou shalt call a na­tion that thou know­est not, and na­tions that knew not thee shall run unto thee be­cause of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Is­rael; for he hath glo­ri­fied thee. 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked for­sake his way, and the un­righ­teous man his thoughts: and let him re­turn unto the LORD, and he will have mer­cy upon him; and to our God, for he will abun­dant­ly par­don. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nei­ther are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as 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 rain cometh down, and the snow from heav­en, and re­tur­neth not thith­er, but wa­tereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sow­er, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not re­turn unto me void, but it shall ac­com­plish that which I please, and it shall pros­per in the thing where­to I sent it. 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the moun­tains and the hills shall break forth be­fore you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 In­stead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and in­stead of the brier shall come up the myr­tle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an ev­er­last­ing sign that shall not be cut off.