| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! | 1"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! |
| 2Why do you spend money on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods. | 2Why 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! |
| 3Pay attention and come to Me; listen, so that you will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the promises assured to David. | 3Pay 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. |
| 4Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples, | 4Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations." |
| 5so 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, even the Holy One of Israel, has glorified you." | 5Look, 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. |
| 6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. | 6Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! |
| 7Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, so He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will freely forgive." | 7The 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. |
| 8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways." This is the LORD's declaration." | 8"Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, |
| 9For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. | 9for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans. |
| 10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, | 10The 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. |
| 11so My word that comes from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do." | 11In 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." |
| 12You will indeed go out with joy and be peacefully guided; the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. | 12Indeed 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. |
| 13Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up; it will make a name for Yahweh as an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed. | 13Evergreens 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. |
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