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Isaiah 55 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 55
An Invitation to Abundant Life
A Free Offer of Mercy to All
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1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
​​Come to the waters;
​​And you who have no money,
​​Come, buy and eat.
​​Yes, come, buy wine and milk
​​Without money and without price.
2 ​​Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
​​And your wages for what does not satisfy?
​​Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
​​And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 ​​Incline your ear, and come to Me.
​​Hear, and your soul shall live;
​​And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
​​The sure mercies of David.
4 ​​Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people,
​​A leader and commander for the people.
5 ​​Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
​​And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
​​Because of the LORD your God,
​​And the Holy One of Israel;
​​For He has glorified you.”
​
6 ​​Seek the LORD while He may be found,
​​Call upon Him while He is near.
7 ​​Let the wicked forsake his way,
​​And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
​​Let him return to the LORD,
​​And He will have mercy on him;
​​And to our God,
​​For He will abundantly pardon.
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8 ​​“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
​​Nor are your ways My ways,” says 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.
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10 ​​“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
​​And do not return there,
​​But water the earth,
​​And make 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 goes forth from My mouth;
​​It shall not return to Me void,
​​But it shall accomplish what I please,
​​And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
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12 ​​“For you shall go out with joy,
​​And be led out with peace;
​​The mountains and the hills
​​Shall break forth into singing before you,
​​And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 ​​Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress 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.”
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