Isaiah 55:2-4

New International Version

²Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?^(A)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,^(B)
    and you will delight in the richest^(C) of fare.
³Give ear and come to me;
    listen,^(D) that you may live.^(E)
I will make an everlasting covenant^(F) with you,
    my faithful love^(G) promised to David.^(H)
⁴See, I have made him a witness^(I) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander^(J) of the peoples.

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Isaiah 55:2-4

New King James Version

²Why do you ^[a]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.
³Incline your ear, and ^(A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
^(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The ^(C)sure mercies of David.
⁴Indeed I have given him as ^(D)a witness to the people,
^(E)A leader and commander for the people.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 55:2 Lit. weigh out silver

Isaiah 55:2-4

English Standard Version

²^(A)Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
    and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
    and delight yourselves in rich food.
³Incline your ear, and come to me;
    ^(B)hear, that your soul may live;
^(C)and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    ^(D)my steadfast, sure love for ^(E)David.
⁴^(F)Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
    ^(G)a leader and commander for the peoples.