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Come to the Water

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Hey,[a] all of you who are thirsty, come to the water,
even if you have no money!
Come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Why do you spend money on something that is not bread?
Why do you waste your labor on something that does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good.
Satisfy your appetite with rich food.
Turn your ear toward me, and come to me.
Listen, so that you may continue to live.

The Creator’s Everlasting Covenant

Yes, I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
the faithful mercies promised to David.
Look, I appointed him as a witness for peoples,
a leader and commander of peoples.
Look, you will call out to a nation you do not know,
and a nation that does not know you will run to you,
on account of the Lord your God,
because of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:1 English hey expresses the same urgency as the Hebrew hoi. It is the cry of the street vendor who is eager to sell.