| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. | 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! |
| 2"Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance. | 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. |
| 3"Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David. | 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. |
| 4"Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples. | 4Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples, |
| 5"Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you, Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you." | 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." |
| 6Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. | 6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. |
| 7Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. | 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." |
| 8"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. | 8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways." This is the LORD's declaration." |
| 9"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. | 9For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. |
| 10"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; | 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, |
| 11So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. | 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." |
| 12"For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. | 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. |
| 13"Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up, And it will be a memorial to the LORD, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off." | 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. |
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