1 GLT “Oh, all who are thirsty, come to the water, and who have no money, come, buy, and eat! And come, buy without money and without cost, wine and milk. BSB BSB: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
2 GLT Why do you weigh out silver for{ what is} not bread, and your labor for{ what} does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat{ what is} good, and delight your spirits in fatness. BSB BSB: Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3 GLT Turn your ears and come to me! Listen, that your spirit may live! And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful covenant loyalty{ shown to} David. BSB BSB: Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
4 GLT Behold, I have placed him{ as} a witness to the nations, a leader and commander to the peoples. BSB BSB: Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
5 GLT Behold, you will call a nation you did not know; and a nation{ that} did not know you will run to you because of Yahweh your God, and the Holy One of Israel, for he made you glorious.” BSB BSB: Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
6 GLT Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call on him while he is near. BSB BSB: Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
7 GLT Let the wicked leave his path, and the man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, and he will show compassion to him, and to our God, who will abundantly forgive. BSB BSB: Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
8 GLT “For my thoughts{ are} not your thoughts, and your ways{ are} not my ways”— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
9 GLT “For{ as} the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. BSB BSB: “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 GLT For as the rain and snow come down from heaven and do not return there but saturate the earth and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, BSB BSB: For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
11 GLT so my word will be that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but it will do what I desire, and it will achieve that for which I have sent. BSB BSB: so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
12 GLT For joyfully you will go out and peacefully be led; the mountains and the hills will break out{ in} joyful shouts before your faces, and all the trees of the fields will clap{ their} hands. BSB BSB: You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 GLT Instead of the thornbushes, the cypress will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, and it will be for Yahweh, for his name, as an everlasting sign{ that} will not be cut off.” BSB BSB: Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
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