An Invitation to Abundant Life
1 “Ho!Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
# Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money forwhatisnot bread,
And your wages forwhatdoes not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eatwhatisgood,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, andcome to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
# And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
# Thesure mercies of David.
4 Indeed I have given himasa witness to the people,
# A leader and commander for the people.
5 Surely you shall call a nation you do not know,
# And nationswhodo not know you shall run to you,
Because of theLordyour God,
And the Holy One of Israel;
# For He has glorified you.”
6 Seek theLordwhile He may befound,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
# And the unrighteous manhis thoughts;
Let him return to theLord,
# And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8 “ForMy thoughtsarenot your thoughts,
Norareyour ways My ways,” says theLord.
9 “Forasthe heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “Foras the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
# And it shallprosperinthethingfor which I sent it.
12 “Foryou shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
# Shallbreak forth into singing before you,
# Andall the trees of the field shall claptheirhands.
13 Instead ofthe thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
# And it shall be to theLordfor a name,
For an everlasting signthatshall not be cut off.”