Isaiah 55:1–7

Invitation to True Rewards

55 “Ho! Everyone thirsty, come to the waters!

And whoever has no money, come, buy and eat,

and come, buy without money,

wine and milk without price!

2 Why do you weigh out money for what is not food,

and your labor for ⌊what cannot satisfy⌋?a

Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,

and let your soul take pleasure in ⌊rich⌋b food.

3 Extend your ear, and come to me!

Listen so thatc your soul may live,

and I will ⌊make⌋d an everlasting covenant withe you,

the enduring proofs of ⌊the mercies shown to⌋f David.

4 Look! I madeg him a witness to the peoples,

a leader and a commander for the peoples.

5 Look! You shall call a nation that you do not know,

and a nation that does not know you shall run to you,

because of Yahweh your God,

and the holy one of Israel, for he has glorified you.”

6 Seek Yahweh ⌊while he lets himself be found⌋;h

call him ⌊while he is⌋i near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way,

and the man of sin his thoughts.

And let him return to Yahweh, thatj he may take pity on him,

and to our God, for he will ⌊forgive manifold⌋.k