Isaiah 55:1-5
Christian Standard Bible
Come to the Lord
55 “Come, everyone who is thirsty,(A)
come to the water;
and you without silver,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without silver and without cost!
2 Why do you spend silver on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.[a]
3 Pay attention and come to me;
listen, so that you will live.
I will make a permanent covenant with you(B)
on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.[b](C)
4 Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,(D)
a leader and commander for the peoples,(E)
5 so you will summon a nation you do not know,(F)
and nations who do not know you will run to you.(G)
For the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,(H)
has glorified you.”(I)
Isaiah 55:1-5
International Standard Version
An Invitation to Life
55 “Come, everyone who is thirsty,
come to the waters!
Also, you that have no money, come,
buy, and eat!
Come! Buy[a] wine and milk
without money and without price.
2 Why spend your money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?[b]
Listen carefully to me,
and eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in rich food.
3 Pay attention[c] to me,
come to me;
and[d] listen, so that you may live;
then I’ll make[e] an everlasting covenant with you,
as promised by[f] my faithful, sure love for David.
4 “Look! I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 “Look! You will call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that does[g] not know you will run[h] to you,
because of the Lord your God, even[i] the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa skips from the first come, buy to the second come, buy, omitting the words in between
- Isaiah 55:2 Lit. what is not satisfaction; so 1QIsaa; MT reads what is not for satisfaction
- Isaiah 55:3 Lit. Turn your ear
- Isaiah 55:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lacks and
- Isaiah 55:3 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read then let me make
- Isaiah 55:3 1QIsaa 4QIsac MT LXX lack as promised by
- Isaiah 55:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads a nation (pl.) that do; LXX reads nations that do
- Isaiah 55:5 So 1QIsaa (sing.); MT LXX (pl.)
- Isaiah 55:5 So 1QIsaa; MT 1QIsaa corrector read and because of
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