Isaiah 55
New King James Version
An Invitation to Abundant Life
55 “Ho! (A)Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
(B)Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why 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.
3 Incline your ear, and (C)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(D)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (E)sure mercies of David.
4 Indeed I have given him as (F)a witness to the people,
(G)A leader and commander for the people.
5 (H)Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
(I)And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
Because of the Lord your God,
And the Holy One of Israel;
(J)For He has glorified you.”
6 (K)Seek the Lord while He may be (L)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (M)Let the [b]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (N)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(O)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8 “For(P) My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9 “For(Q) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “For (R)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 (S)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [c]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (T)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
12 “For(U) you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall (V)break forth into singing before you,
And (W)all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 (X)Instead of (Y)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 (Z)for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:2 Lit. weigh out silver
- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
- Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit
Jesaja 55
Svenska Folkbibeln
Inbjudan till dem som törstar
55 Hör på, alla ni som törstar, kom hit till vattnet,
och ni som inte har pengar,
kom hit och köp säd och ät.
Ja, kom hit och köp säd utan pengar
och för intet både vin och mjölk.
2 Varför ger ni ut pengar för det som inte är bröd,
era inkomster för det som inte kan mätta?
Hör på mig, så skall ni få äta gott
och njuta av utsökt mat.
3 Böj ert öra hit och kom till mig!
Hör, så får er själ leva!
Jag vill sluta med er ett evigt förbund:
Ni skall få den trofasta nåd som jag lovade David.
4 Se, honom har jag satt till ett vittne för folken,
till en furste och ledare för folken.
5 Du skall kalla på ett folk
du inte känner,
ett hednafolk som inte känner dig
skall skynda till dig
för Herrens, din Guds, skull,
för Israels Heliges skull,
ty han har förhärligat dig.
6 Sök Herren medan han låter sig finnas,
åkalla honom medan han är nära.
7 Den ogudaktige må överge sin väg,
den orättfärdige sina tankar
och vända om till Herren,
så skall han förbarma sig över honom,
och till vår Gud,
ty han skall ge mycken förlåtelse.
8 Mina tankar är inte era tankar,
och era vägar är inte mina vägar, säger Herren.
9 Nej, så mycket som himlen är högre än jorden,
så mycket är mina vägar högre än era vägar
och mina tankar högre än era tankar.
10 Liksom regnet och snön faller från himlen
och inte återvänder dit,
förrän det har vattnat jorden och gjort den fruktbar
och ger säd till att så
och bröd till att äta,
11 så skall det vara med ordet
som går ut från min mun.
Förgäves skall det inte vända tillbaka till mig
utan att ha verkat vad jag vill,
och utfört det vartill jag har sänt ut det.
12 Med glädje skall ni dra ut,
i frid skall ni föras fram.
Bergen och höjderna skall brista ut i jubel inför er,
alla markens träd skall klappa i händerna.
13 Där nu törnsnår finns
skall cypresser växa upp,
där nässlor står
skall myrten växa upp.
Detta skall bli Herren till ära,
ett evigt tecken som inte skall utplånas.
Isaiah 55
King James Version
55 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith 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.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh 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 goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir 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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