LV. 1 Ah, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no silver; come ye, buy and eat: and come, buy wine and milk, for no silver and for no price.

2 Wherefore do ye weigh silver for no bread, and your earnings for that which is not to satisfy? hearken, (only) hearken unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

14. ῾In,᾿ or ‘ by righteousness.15. 0r, ‘they stir up strife, it is not from me.16. Or, ‘ a weapon to his work.17. Lit. ‘ Every weapon...shall not ᾿2. ‘hearken, (only) hearken᾿: or, ‘hearken diligently᾿ (verb repeated in Heb.). ‘delight itself᾿ or ῾luxuriate᾿: cf. lvii. 4, lviii. 14, & c.

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you; the faithful lovingkindnesses of David.

4 Behold, I have given him for a witness of peoples, a chief and commander of peoples.

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and a nationthat knoweth not thee shall run unto thee; for the sake of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath gloriﬁed thee.

6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

9 “For (as) the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, unless it have watered the earth, and made it bringtforth and sprout, and given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, unless it have accomplished that which I please, and made to prosper thatfor which I sent it.

12 For ye shall go forth with joy, and be led in peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you [into singing, and all the trees of the ﬁeld shall clap the hand.

6. ‘while he may be,’ lit. ‘in his being found.’7 ﬁn. ‘will be abundant in pardoning.’10. ‘unless it have...’: or, ‘without watering...and making...’ (and so ver. 11).

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the ﬁr tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.