Isaiah 55
International Children’s Bible
God Gives What Is Good
55 The Lord says, “All you who are thirsty,
come and drink.
Those of you who do not have money,
come, buy and eat!
Come buy wine and milk.
You don’t need money; it will cost you nothing.
2 Why spend your money on something that is not real food?
Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you?
Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the food that satisfies your soul.
3 Come to me and listen.
Listen to me so you may live.
I will make an agreement with you that will last forever.
I will give you the blessings I promised to David.
4 I made David a witness of my power for all nations.
I made him a ruler and commander of many nations.
5 You will call for nations that you don’t yet know.
And these nations will run to you.
This will happen because of the Lord your God.
The Holy One of Israel honors you.”
6 So you should look for the Lord before it is too late.
You should call to him while he is near.
7 Evil people should stop being evil.
They should stop thinking bad thoughts.
They should return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them.
They should come to our God, because he will freely forgive them.
8 The Lord says, “Your thoughts are not like my thoughts.
Your ways are not like my ways.
9 Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways.
And my thoughts are higher than your thoughts.
10 Rain and snow fall from the sky.
They don’t return without watering the ground.
They cause the plants to sprout and grow.
And the plants make seeds for the farmer.
And from these seeds people have bread to eat.
11 The words I say do the same thing.
They will not return to me empty.
They make the things happen that I want to happen.
They succeed in doing what I send them to do.
12 “So you will go out with joy.
You will be led out in peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into song before you.
All the trees in the fields will clap their hands.
13 Large cypress trees will grow where thornbushes were.
Myrtle trees will grow where weeds were.
These things will be a reminder of the Lord’s promise.
And this reminder will never be destroyed.”
以赛亚书 55
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
神要施怜悯
55 来！你们所有干渴的，都当来到水边；
没有银钱的也可以来。
你们都来，买了吃；
不用银钱，不付代价，
就可买酒和奶。
2 你们为何花钱买那不是食物的东西，
用劳碌得来的买那无法使人饱足的呢？
你们要留意听从我的话，就能吃那美物，
得享肥甘，心中喜乐。
3 当侧耳而听，来到我这里；
要听，就必存活。
我要与你们立永约，
就是应许给大卫那可靠的慈爱。
4 看哪，我已立他作万民的见证，
立他作万民的君王和发令者。
5 看哪，你要召集素不认识的国民，
素不认识的国民要奔向你；
这都因耶和华—你的 神，
因以色列的圣者已经荣耀了你。
6 当趁耶和华可寻找的时候寻找他，
在他接近的时候求告他。
7 恶人当离弃自己的道路，
不义的人应除掉自己的意念。
归向耶和华，耶和华就必怜悯他；
当归向我们的 神，因为他必广行赦免。
8 我的意念非同你们的意念，
我的道路非同你们的道路。
这是耶和华说的。
9 天怎样高过地，
照样，我的道路高过你们的道路，
我的意念高过你们的意念。
10 雨雪从天而降，并不返回，
却要滋润土地，使地面发芽结实，
使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮。
11 我口所出的话也必如此，
绝不徒然返回，
却要成就我的旨意，
达成我差它的目的。
12 你们必欢欢喜喜出来，
平平安安蒙引导。
大山小山必在你们面前欢呼，
田野的树木也都拍掌。
13 松树长出，代替荆棘；
番石榴长出，代替蒺藜。
这要为耶和华留名，
作为永不磨灭的证据。
Isaiah 55
King James Version
55 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because 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 unrighteous man 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, but watereth the earth, and maketh 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 goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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.
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