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1. The Lord says, "All you who are thirsty, come and drink. Those of you who do not have money, come, buy and eat! Come buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
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1. Ho H1945 , every one H3605 that thirsteth H6771 , come H1980 ye to the waters H4325 , and he that H834 hath no H369 money H3701 ; come H1980 ye, buy H7666 , and eat H398 ; yea, come H1980 , buy H7666 wine H3196 and milk H2461 without H3808 money H3701 and without H3808 price H4242 .
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2. Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn't really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.
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2. Wherefore H4100 do ye spend H8254 money H3701 for that which is not H3808 bread H3899 ? and your labor H3018 for that which satisfieth H7654 not H3808 ? hearken diligently H8085 H8085 unto H413 me , and eat H398 ye that which is good H2896 , and let your soul H5315 delight itself H6026 in fatness H1880 .
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3. Come to me and listen; listen to me so you may live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. I will give you the blessings I promised to David.
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3. Incline H5186 your ear H241 , and come H1980 unto H413 me: hear H8085 , and your soul H5315 shall live H2421 ; and I will make H3772 an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 with you, even the sure H539 mercies H2617 of David H1732 .
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4. I made David a witness of my power for all nations, a ruler and commander of many nations.
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4. Behold H2005 , I have given H5414 him for a witness H5707 to the people H3816 , a leader H5057 and commander H6680 to the people H3816 .
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5. You will call for nations that you don't yet know. And these nations that do not know you will run to you because of the Lord your God, because of the Holy One of Israel who honors you."
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5. Behold H2005 , thou shalt call H7121 a nation H1471 that thou knowest H3045 not H3808 , and nations H1471 that knew H3045 not H3808 thee shall run H7323 unto H413 thee because H4616 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , and for the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 ; for H3588 he hath glorified H6286 thee.
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6. So you should look for the Lord before it is too late; you should call to him while he is near.
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6. Seek H1875 ye the LORD H3068 while he may be found H4672 , call H7121 ye upon him while he is H1961 near H7138 :
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7. The wicked should stop doing wrong, and they should stop their evil thoughts. They should return to the Lord so he may have mercy on them. They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.
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7. Let the wicked H7563 forsake H5800 his way H1870 , and the unrighteous H205 man H376 his thoughts H4284 : and let him return H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and he will have mercy H7355 upon him ; and to H413 our God H430 , for H3588 he will abundantly H7235 pardon H5545 .
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8. The Lord says, "My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways.
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8. For H3588 my thoughts H4284 are not H3808 your thoughts H4284 , neither H3808 are your ways H1870 my ways H1870 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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9. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
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9. For H3588 as the heavens H8064 are higher H1361 than the earth H4480 H776 , so H3651 are my ways higher H1361 H1870 than your ways H4480 H1870 , and my thoughts H4284 than your thoughts H4480 H4284 .
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10. Rain and snow fall from the sky and don't return without watering the ground. They cause the plants to sprout and grow, making seeds for the farmer and bread for the people.
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10. For H3588 as H834 the rain H1653 cometh down H3381 , and the snow H7950 from H4480 heaven H8064 , and returneth H7725 not H3808 thither H8033 , but H3588 H518 watereth H7301 H853 the earth H776 , and maketh it bring forth H3205 and bud H6779 , that it may give H5414 seed H2233 to the sower H2232 , and bread H3899 to the eater H398 :
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11. The same thing is true of the words I speak. They will not return to me empty. They make the things happen that I want to happen, and they succeed in doing what I send them to do.
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11. So H3651 shall my word H1697 be H1961 that H834 goeth forth H3318 out of my mouth H4480 H6310 : it shall not H3808 return H7725 unto H413 me void H7387 , but H3588 H518 it shall accomplish H6213 H853 that which H834 I please H2654 , and it shall prosper H6743 in the thing whereto H834 I sent H7971 it.
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12. "So you will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
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12. For H3588 ye shall go out H3318 with joy H8057 , and be led forth H2986 with peace H7965 : the mountains H2022 and the hills H1389 shall break forth H6476 before H6440 you into singing H7440 , and all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704 shall clap H4222 their hands H3709 .
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13. Large cypress trees will grow where thornbushes were. Myrtle trees will grow where weeds were. These things will be a reminder of the Lord's promise, and this reminder will never be destroyed."
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13. Instead H8478 of the thorn H5285 shall come up H5927 the fir tree H1265 , and instead H8478 of the brier H5636 shall come up H5927 the myrtle tree H1918 : and it shall be H1961 to the LORD H3068 for a name H8034 , for an everlasting H5769 sign H226 that shall not H3808 be cut off H3772 .
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