Isaiah 55
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An request to come to receive freely the blessings of the Saviour
Verse 1
WEB “Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
KJV 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.
TSK Ho: ru 4:1, pr 1:21-23, pr 8:4, zec 2:6; every: isa 41:17,18, ps 42:1,2, ps 63:1, ps 143:6, joh 4:10-14, joh 7:37,38, re 21:6, re 22:1,17; buy, and: mt 13:44, re 3:18; buy wine: so 1:2,4, so 5:1, zec 9:15, zec 10:7, mt 26:29, joh 2:3-10; milk: joe 3:18, 1co 3:2, 1pe 2:2; without money: isa 52:3, ro 3:24, eph 2:4-8
Verse 2
WEB Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
KJV 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.
TSK do ye: isa 44:20, jer 2:13, ho 8:7, ho 12:1, hab 2:13, mt 15:9, lu 15:15,16, ro 9:31, ro 10:2,3, php 3:4-7, heb 13:9; spend: isa 46:6; Hearken: isa 51:1,4,7, ex 15:26, de 11:13, ps 34:11, pr 1:33, pr 7:23, pr 8:32, mr 7:14, ro 10:17; eat: isa 25:6, ps 22:26, ps 36:8, ps 63:5, pr 9:5, jer 31:14, mt 22:4, lu 15:23, joh 6:48-58
Verse 3
WEB Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
KJV 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.
TSK Incline: ps 78:1, ps 119:112, pr 4:20; come: mt 11:28, joh 6:37,44,45, joh 7:37; hear: mt 13:16, mt 17:5, joh 5:24,25, joh 8:47, joh 10:27; and I will: isa 54:8, isa 61:8, ge 17:7, 2sa 23:5, jer 32:40, jer 50:5, heb 13:20; the sure: 2sa 7:8-17, ps 89:28,35-37, jer 33:20,21,26, eze 37:24,25, ac 13:34
Verse 4
WEB Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
KJV Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
TSK I have: joh 3:16, joh 18:37, 1ti 6:13, re 1:5, re 3:14; a leader: isa 49:8-10, ps 2:6, jer 30:9, eze 34:23,24, da 9:25, ho 3:5, mic 5:2-4, mt 2:6, mt 28:18-20, joh 10:3,27, joh 12:26, joh 13:13, 2th 1:8, eph 5:24, heb 2:10, heb 5:9
Verse 5
WEB Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”
KJV 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.
TSK thou shalt: isa 11:10,11, isa 52:15, isa 56:8, ge 49:10, ps 18:43, ro 15:20, eph 2:11, eph 3:5; nations: isa 60:5, ho 1:10, zec 2:11, zec 8:20-23; he: isa 60:9, ps 110:1-3, lu 24:26, joh 13:31,32, joh 17:1, ac 3:13, ac 5:31, heb 5:5, 1pe 1:11
Gracious makes of pardon and peace
Verse 6
WEB Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
KJV Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
TSK Seek: isa 45:19, 1ch 28:9, 2ch 19:3, job 8:5, ps 14:2, ps 27:8, ps 32:6, ps 95:7, jer 29:12-14, am 5:6, mt 5:25, mt 7:7,8, mt 25:11,12, lu 13:25, joh 7:33,34, joh 8:21, joh 12:35,36, 2co 6:1,2, heb 2:3, heb 3:13; while he is near: isa 12:6, isa 46:13, de 4:7, ps 75:1, ps 145:18, ps 148:14, eze 8:6, eph 3:13
Verse 7
WEB let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
KJV 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.
TSK the wicked: isa 1:16-18, 2ch 7:14, pr 28:13, jer 3:3, jer 8:4-6, eze 3:18,19, eze 18:21-23,27-32, eze 33:11,14-16, ho 14:1,2, jon 3:10, mt 9:13, lu 15:10,24, ac 3:19, ac 26:20, 1co 6:9-11, jas 4:8-10; his thoughts: ge 6:5, ps 66:18, jer 4:14, zec 8:17, mt 15:18,19, mt 23:25,26, mr 7:21,23, lu 11:39,40, ac 8:21,22, jas 1:15; for: isa 43:25, isa 44:22, ex 34:6,7, nu 14:18,19, ps 51:1, ps 130:7, jer 3:12,13, lu 7:47, ro 5:16-21, eph 1:6-8, 1ti 1:15,16
Verse 8
WEB “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh.
KJV For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
TSK For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.: 2sa 7:19, ps 25:10, ps 40:5, ps 92:5, pr 21:8, pr 25:3, jer 3:1, eze 18:29, da 4:37, ho 14:9
Verse 9
WEB “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
KJV For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
TSK For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.: ps 36:5, ps 77:19, ps 89:2, ps 103:11, mt 11:25, ro 11:31-36
Verse 10
WEB For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
KJV 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:
TSK as the rain: isa 5:6, isa 30:23, isa 61:11, de 32:2, 1sa 23:4, ps 65:9-13, ps 72:6,7, eze 34:26, ho 10:12, re 11:6; give: 2co 9:9-11
Verse 11
WEB so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
KJV 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.
TSK shall my: isa 54:9, de 32:2, mt 24:35, lu 8:11-16, joh 6:63, ro 10:17, 1co 1:18, 1co 3:6-9, 1th 2:13, heb 6:7, jas 1:18, 1pe 1:23; it shall accomplish: isa 44:26-28, isa 45:23, isa 46:10, eph 1:9-11
Verse 12
WEB For you 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 fields shall clap their hands.
KJV 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.
TSK ye shall: isa 35:10, isa 48:20, isa 49:9,10, isa 51:11, isa 65:13,14, ps 105:43, jer 30:19, jer 31:12-14, jer 33:6,11, zec 2:7-10, ro 5:1,11, ro 15:13, ga 5:22, col 1:11; the mountains: isa 14:8, isa 35:1,2, isa 42:10,11, isa 44:23, isa 49:13, ps 65:13, ps 96:11-13, ps 98:7-9, ps 148:4-13, lu 15:10, re 19:1-6; clap: 1ch 16:32,33, ps 47:1
Verse 13
WEB 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 Yahweh for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
KJV 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.
TSK of the thorn: isa 11:6-9, isa 41:19, isa 60:13,21, isa 61:3, mic 7:4, ro 6:19, 1co 6:9-11, 2co 5:17; for a: isa 43:21, jer 13:11, jer 33:9, lu 2:14, joh 15:8, eph 3:20,21, 1pe 2:9,10, 1pe 4:11; an everlasting: isa 54:10, jer 50:5