Isaiah 55 (NET)

Isaiah 55:1¹“Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 7:37-38Rev 21:6Rev 22:17Isa 44:3John 4:10-14Isa 41:17-18Ps 143:6Rev 22:11 Pet 2:2Joel 3:18

Isaiah 55:2²Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 6:48-58Jer 2:13Ps 36:8Ps 22:26Rom 10:2-3Heb 13:9Isa 51:7Jer 31:14Hab 2:13Mark 7:14

Isaiah 55:3³Pay attention and come to me. Listen, so you can live. Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 32:40Prov 4:20Matt 11:28John 10:27Acts 13:34Gen 17:7Isa 61:8John 5:24-25John 6:37Ps 78:1

Isaiah 55:4⁴Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 9:6-7Rev 1:5Dan 9:25Ezek 34:23-24Heb 2:10Jer 30:91 Tim 6:13Hos 3:5John 18:37Matt 28:18-20

Isaiah 55:5⁵Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:5Isa 60:9Zech 2:11Rom 15:20Gen 49:10Isa 56:8Ps 18:43Acts 5:31Isa 45:23Isa 55:4

Isaiah 55:6⁶Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:12-14Ps 145:18Isa 45:19Ps 32:6Ps 14:2Isa 65:24Matt 7:7-82 Cor 6:1-2Amos 5:61 Chr 28:9

Isaiah 55:7⁷The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:13Jas 4:8-10Ezek 18:21-23Isa 44:22Luke 15:10Jonah 3:10Ezek 33:14-16Isa 43:251 Tim 1:15-162 Chr 7:14

Isaiah 55:8⁸“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the Lord,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 92:5Ps 40:5Hos 14:9Ezek 18:29Ps 25:10Dan 4:37Isa 53:6Prov 21:8Prov 25:3

Isaiah 55:9⁹“for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:31-36Ps 103:11Matt 11:25Ps 77:19Ps 36:5Ps 89:2

Isaiah 55:10¹⁰The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 9:9-11Deut 32:2Isa 30:23Ezek 34:26Hos 10:12Isa 61:11Ps 65:9-131 Sam 23:4Isa 5:6Ps 72:6-7

Isaiah 55:11¹¹In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:35Isa 46:10Rom 10:17John 6:63Isa 45:23Luke 8:11-161 Cor 1:181 Thess 2:131 Pet 1:23Jas 1:18

Isaiah 55:12¹²Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 5:22Rom 15:13Isa 44:23Ps 105:43Ps 96:11-13Ps 98:7-9Rev 19:1-6Isa 49:131 Chr 16:32-33Isa 35:10

Isaiah 55:13¹³Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the Lord, a permanent reminder that will remain.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 3:20-211 Pet 2:9-10Isa 41:19Isa 61:3Jer 33:92 Cor 5:17Isa 60:13Jer 50:5Rom 6:191 Pet 4:11