55 "Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters; and you who have
no money, come, buy and eat! Come,
buy wine and milk without money and
without cost.
2
Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is
good, and your soul will delight in the
richest of fare.
3
Give ear and come to me; hear me,
that your soul may live. I will make an
everlasting covenant with you, my
faithful love promised to David.
4
See, I have made him a witness to the
peoples, a leader and commander of the
peoples.
5
Surely you will summon nations you
know not, and nations that do not know
you will hasten to you, because of the
Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor."
6
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7
Let the wicked forsake his way and the
evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to
the Lord , and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,"
declares the Lord .
9
"As the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow come down
from heaven, and do not return to it
without watering the earth and making it
bud and flourish, so that it yields seed
for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my
mouth: It will not return to me empty, but
will accomplish what I desire and
achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in 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.
13 Instead of the thorn bush will grow the
pine tree, and instead of briers the
myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord
's renown, for an everlasting sign, which
will not be destroyed."
August 28 - Isaiah 55:1-13