“ Come , all you (who are) thirsty , come to the waters ; and you without money , come , buy , and eat ! Come , buy wine and milk without money and without cost !
Why spend money on that which is not bread , and your labor on that which does not satisfy ? Listen carefully to Me , and eat what is good , and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Incline your ear and come to Me ; listen , so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant — My loving devotion promised to David.
Behold , I have made him a witness to the nations , a leader and commander of the peoples.
Surely you will summon a nation you do not know , and nations who do not know you will run ... to you. For the LORD your God , the Holy One of Israel , has bestowed glory on you. ”
Seek the LORD while He may be found ; call on Him while He is near.
Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts ; let him return to the LORD , that He may have compassion , and to our God , for He will freely pardon.
“ For My thoughts are not your thoughts , neither are your ways My ways , ” declares the LORD.
“ For (as) the heavens are higher than the earth , so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return - without ... watering - the earth , making it bud and sprout , and providing seed to sow and food to eat ,
so ... My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty , but ... it will accomplish - what I please , and it will prosper where I send it.
You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace ; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you , and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Instead of the thornbush , a cypress will grow , and instead of the brier , a myrtle will spring up ; they will make a name for the LORD , an everlasting sign , never to be destroyed. ”