| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study 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“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! |
| 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 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. |
| 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. | 3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David. |
| 4Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples, | 4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples. |
| 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." | 5Surely 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.” |
| 6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call to Him while He is near. | 6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. |
| 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." | 7Let 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. |
| 8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways." This is the LORD's declaration." | 8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. |
| 9For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. | 9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. |
| 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, | 10For 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, |
| 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." | 11so 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. |
| 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. | 12You 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. |
| 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. | 13Instead 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.” |
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