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Isaiah 55

The Free Offer of Mercy

1

"Ho! Every one who  athirsts, come to the waters; And you who have  bno  1money come, buy and eat. Come, buy  cwine and milk  dWithout money and without cost.

2

"Why do you  1spend money for what is  anot bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and  beat what is good, And  cdelight yourself in abundance.

3

aIncline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that  1you may  blive; And I will make  can everlasting covenant with you, According to the  dfaithful mercies  2shown to David.

4

"Behold, I have made  ahim a witness to the peoples, A  bleader and commander for the peoples.

5

"Behold, you will call a  anation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will  brun to you, Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has  cglorified you."

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 aSeek the LORD while He may be found;  bCall upon Him while He is near.

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 aLet the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his  bthoughts; And let him  creturn to the LORD, And He will have  dcompassion on him, And to our God, For He will  eabundantly pardon.

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"For My thoughts are not  ayour thoughts, Nor are  byour ways My ways," declares the LORD.

9

"For  aas the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

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"For as the  arain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing  bseed to the sower and bread to the eater;

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So will My  aword be which goes forth from My mouth; It will  bnot return to Me empty, Without  caccomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

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"For you will go out with  ajoy And be led forth with  bpeace; The  cmountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the  dtrees of the field will clap their hands.

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"Instead of the  athorn bush the  bcypress will come up, And instead of the  cnettle the myrtle will come up, And  1it will be a  2 dmemorial to the LORD, For an everlasting  esign which  fwill not be cut off."



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