Isaiah 55 — Legacy Standard Bible

Seek Yahweh While He May Be Found

55“Ho! Every one who ^athirsts, come to the waters;And you who have ^bno ¹money come, buy and eat.Come, buy ^cwine and milk^dWithout money and without cost.²“Why do you ¹spend money for what is ^anot bread,And your wages for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and ^beat what is good,And ^cdelight your soul in richness.³“^aIncline your ear and come to Me.Listen, that your soul may ^blive;And I will cut ^can everlasting covenant with you,According to the ^dfaithful lovingkindnesses of David.⁴“Behold, I have given ^ahim as a witness to the peoples,A ^bruler and commander for the peoples.⁵“Behold, you will call a ^anation you do not know,And a nation which knows you not will ^brun to you,Because of Yahweh your God, even the Holy One of Israel;For He has ^cadorned you with beautiful glory.”⁶^aSeek Yahweh while He may be found;^bCall upon Him while He is near.⁷^aLet the wicked forsake his wayAnd the unrighteous man his ^bthoughts;And let him ^creturn to Yahweh,And He will have ^dcompassion on him,And to our God,For He will ^eabundantly pardon.⁸“For My thoughts are not ^ayour thoughts,Nor are ^byour ways My ways,” declares Yahweh.⁹“For ^aas the heavens are higher than the earth,So are My ways higher than your waysAnd My thoughts than your thoughts.¹⁰“For as the ^arain and the snow come down from heaven,And do not return there without watering the earthAnd making it bear and sprout,And giving ^bseed to the sower and bread to the eater,¹¹So will My ^aword be which goes forth from My mouth;It will ^bnot return to Me empty,Without ^caccomplishing what pleases Me,And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.¹²“For you will go out with ^agladnessAnd be led forth with ^bpeace;The ^cmountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,And all the ^dtrees of the field will clap their hands.¹³“Instead of the ^athorn bush the ^bcypress will come up,And instead of the ^cnettle the myrtle will come up,And ¹it will be to Yahweh for His ²^,^drenown,For an everlasting ^esign which ^fwill not be cut off.”