Isaiah 55:3-5
New King James Version
3 Incline your ear, and (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.
4 Indeed I have given him as (D)a witness to the people,
(E)A leader and commander for the people.
5 (F)Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
(G)And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
Because of the Lord your God,
And the Holy One of Israel;
(H)For He has glorified you.”
Isaiah 55:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 (A)Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that [a]you may (B)live;
And I will make (C)an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the (D)faithful mercies [b]shown to David.
4 Behold, I have made (E)him a witness to the peoples,
A (F)leader and commander for the peoples.
5 Behold, you will call a (G)nation you do not know,
And a nation which does not know you will (H)run to you,
Because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel;
For He has (I)glorified you.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:3 Lit your soul
- Isaiah 55:3 Lit of David
Isaiah 55:3-5
Amplified Bible
3
“Incline your ear [to listen] and come to Me;
Hear, so that your soul may live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the faithful mercies [promised and] shown to David.(A)
4
“Listen carefully, I have appointed [a]him [David, representing the Messiah] to be a witness to the nations [regarding salvation],
A leader and commander to the peoples.
5
“In fact, you [b][Israel] will call a nation that you do not know,
And a nation that does not know you will run to you,
Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel;
For He has glorified you.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:4 Or Him (the Messiah Himself).
- Isaiah 55:5 The identification of the one addressed here is uncertain. A large number of authorities believe it to be Israel, as here indicated, but other interpreters think it is the Messiah [the second David], or David as His representative.
Isaiah 55:3-5
King James Version
3 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.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 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.
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