Isa 55
1 Invitation to Life
Woe the ones thirsting. Go unto water! And as many as do not have money, proceeding, buy and eat! And go and buy without money! even valuable wine and fatling.
2What do you value for money not in bread
loaves, and your effort not unto fullness? Hearken to me! and you shall eat good
things, and shall revel in good
things to your soul.
3Take heed
with your ears, and follow after my ways! Listen to me! and you shall live with good
things for your soul. And I shall ordain with you [
2covenant
1an eternal] -- the sacred
things of David, the trustworthy ones.
4Behold, [
3a testimony
4to nations
1I made
2him], a ruler and one assigning to nations.
5Behold, nations which do not know you shall call upon you, and peoples which have no knowledge of you [
2upon
3you
1shall take refuge], because of
the LORD your God, even the holy one of Israel -- for he glorified you.
6Seek the
LORD! and in the finding [
2him
1call upon]! whenever he should approach to you.
7Let [
3leave
1the
2impious one] his ways, and [
2man
1the lawless] his plans! And let him return unto
the LORD! and he shall be shown mercy, even from our God, for [
3unto
4much
1he will forgive
2your sins].
8[
5not
1For
4are
3plans
2my] as your plans; nor as your ways
are my ways, says
the LORD.
9But as
the distance the heaven
is from the earth, so [
2is at a distance
1my way] from your ways, and your considerations from my mind.
10For as whenever [
5should come down
1the
2rain
3or
4snow] from heaven, and in no way shall it return until whenever it should saturate the earth, and
the earth should bring forth, and should sprout, and should give seed to the one sowing, and bread for food;
11so shall it be
with my word, which ever shall come forth from out of my mouth -- in no way shall it return to me empty until whenever it should finish as much as I wanted; and I will prosper your ways and my precepts.
12For with gladness you shall go forth, and in joy you shall be led. For the mountains and the hills shall leap out favorably receiving you in joy, and all the trees of the field shall clap
with their tender branches.
13And instead of a pile, [
2shall ascend
1the cypress]. And instead of the briar [
2shall ascend
1the myrtle]. And
the LORD will be for a name and for [
2sign
1an eternal], and it shall not cease.