| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free! | 1"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters! Also, you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without price. |
| 2Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. | 2Why spend your money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in rich food. |
| 3“Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. | 3Pay attention to me, come to me; and listen, so that you may live; then I'll make an everlasting covenant with you, as promised by my faithful, sure love for David. |
| 4See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations. | 4"Look! I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples. |
| 5You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.” | 5"Look! You will call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that does not know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you." |
| 6Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. | 6"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. |
| 7Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously. | 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous person his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, So he'll have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he'll pardon abundantly. |
| 8“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. | 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. |
| 9For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. | 9"For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. |
| 10“The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. | 10"For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating, |
| 11It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. | 11so will my message be that goes out of my mouth— it won't return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. |
| 12You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! | 12"For you will go out in joy, and come back with peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands. |
| 13Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the LORD’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.” | 13Instead of thornbushes, pine trees will grow, and instead of briers, myrtles will grow; and they will be a sign for the LORD, and an everlasting name that will not be cut off." |
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