Come to the waters
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. You who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why spend money on what isn't bread, and your labour on what doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Look: I gave him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Look: you'll call a nation you don't know, and a nation that didn't know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God and the Holy One of Israel, because he's glorified you.
Come on, everyone who's thirsty, come to the waters. And you with no money, come and buy and eat. Come and buy wine and milk with no money and no price. Why spend money on what isn't bread, and your wages on what doesn't satisfy? Listen to me, really listen, and eat what's good. Let yourself enjoy the best of it. Turn your ear this way and come to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I'll make an everlasting covenant with you — the sure and faithful love promised to David. Look — I gave him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. Look — you'll call a nation you don't know, and a nation that didn't know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God and the Holy One of Israel, because he's glorified you.
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. 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. 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. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. 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.
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. You who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Come on, everyone who's thirsty, come to the waters. And you with no money, come and buy and eat. Come and buy wine and milk with no money and no price.
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.
Why spend money on what isn't bread, and your labour on what doesn't satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Why spend money on what isn't bread, and your wages on what doesn't satisfy? Listen to me, really listen, and eat what's good. Let yourself enjoy the best of it.
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.
Incline your ear and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Turn your ear this way and come to me. Listen, and your soul will live. And I'll make an everlasting covenant with you — the sure and faithful love promised to David.
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.
Look: I gave him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
Look — I gave him as a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Look: you'll call a nation you don't know, and a nation that didn't know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God and the Holy One of Israel, because he's glorified you.
Look — you'll call a nation you don't know, and a nation that didn't know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God and the Holy One of Israel, because he's glorified you.
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.
My thoughts and your thoughts
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked abandon his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, because he will abundantly pardon. ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,’ says the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’ As the rain and snow come down from heaven and don't return there, but water the earth and make it bring forth and bud, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so will my word be that goes out of my mouth. It won't return to me void, but it will accomplish what I please and prosper in the thing I sent it to do. You'll go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains and hills will break out into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thorn will come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier the myrtle tree. It will be to the LORD for a name, an everlasting sign that won't be cut off.
Look for the Lord while he can be found. Call on him while he's near. Let the wicked leave his way and the man who does wrong leave his thoughts. Let him turn back to the Lord and he'll have mercy on him, and to our God, because he'll forgive and forgive again. Because my thoughts aren't your thoughts, and your ways aren't my ways, declares the Lord. Because as the heavens are higher than the earth, that's how much higher my ways are than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Because as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and don't go back there, but water the earth and make it give birth and sprout, so it gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater — that's how my word is that goes out of my mouth. It won't come back to me empty. It'll do what I want and get through what I sent it for. Because you'll go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break out singing in front of you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, and instead of the briar the myrtle will come up. And it'll be a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that won't be cut off.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 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. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 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: 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. 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. 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.
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Look for the Lord while he can be found. Call on him while he's near.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked abandon his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, because he will abundantly pardon.
Let the wicked leave his way and the man who does wrong leave his thoughts. Let him turn back to the Lord and he'll have mercy on him, and to our God, because he'll forgive and forgive again.
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.
‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,’ says the LORD.
Because my thoughts aren't your thoughts, and your ways aren't my ways, declares the Lord.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’
Because as the heavens are higher than the earth, that's how much higher my ways are than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and snow come down from heaven and don't return there, but water the earth and make it bring forth and bud, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
Because as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and don't go back there, but water the earth and make it give birth and sprout, so it gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater —
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:
so will my word be that goes out of my mouth. It won't return to me void, but it will accomplish what I please and prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
that's how my word is that goes out of my mouth. It won't come back to me empty. It'll do what I want and get through what I sent it for.
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.
You'll go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains and hills will break out into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Because you'll go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break out singing in front of you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
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.
Instead of the thorn will come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier the myrtle tree. It will be to the LORD for a name, an everlasting sign that won't be cut off.
Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, and instead of the briar the myrtle will come up. And it'll be a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that won't be cut off.
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.