Why do you spend silver 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.[a]
Pay attention and come to me;
listen, so that you will live.
I will make a permanent covenant with you(A)
on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.[b](B)
Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,(C)
a leader and commander for the peoples,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 55:2 Lit enjoy fatness
  2. 55:3 Or with you, the faithful acts of kindness shown to David

Why spend money on what is not bread,
    and your labor on what does not satisfy?(A)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(B)
    and you will delight in the richest(C) of fare.
Give ear and come to me;
    listen,(D) that you may live.(E)
I will make an everlasting covenant(F) with you,
    my faithful love(G) promised to David.(H)
See, I have made him a witness(I) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander(J) of the peoples.

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