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Isaiah 55 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Isa 55:1Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go and buy; and eat and drink wine and fat without money or price.
Isa 55:2Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labour [fn]for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
Isa 55:3Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: hearken to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, [fn] the sure mercies of David.
Isa 55:4Behold, I have made him a testimony among the Gentiles, a prince and commander to the Gentiles.
Isa 55:5Nations which know thee not, shall call upon thee, and peoples which are not acquainted with thee, shall flee to thee for refuge, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified thee.
Isa 55:6Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
Isa 55:7let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
Isa 55:8For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.
Isa 55:9But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
Isa 55:10For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and [fn] give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
Isa 55:11so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make thy ways prosperous, and will effect my commands.
Isa 55:12For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
Isa 55:13And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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