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An Invitation to Life

55 “Come, everyone who is thirsty,
    come to the waters!
Also, you that have no money, come,
    buy, and eat!
Come! Buy[a] wine and milk
    without money and without price.
Why spend your money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?[b]
Listen carefully to me,
    and eat what is good,
        and let your soul delight itself in rich food.
Pay attention[c] to me,
    come to me;
        and[d] listen, so that you may live;
then I’ll make[e] an everlasting covenant with you,
    as promised by[f] my faithful, sure love for David.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:1 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa skips from the first come, buy to the second come, buy, omitting the words in between
  2. Isaiah 55:2 Lit. what is not satisfaction; so 1QIsaa; MT reads what is not for satisfaction
  3. Isaiah 55:3 Lit. Turn your ear
  4. Isaiah 55:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lacks and
  5. Isaiah 55:3 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read then let me make
  6. Isaiah 55:3 1QIsaa 4QIsac MT LXX lack as promised by