Why do you [a]spend money for what is (A)not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and (B)eat what is good,
And (C)delight yourself in abundance.
(D)Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that [b]you may (E)live;
And I will make (F)an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the (G)faithful mercies [c]shown to David.
Behold, I have made (H)him a witness to the peoples,
A (I)leader and commander for the peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:2 Lit weigh out silver
  2. Isaiah 55:3 Lit your soul
  3. Isaiah 55:3 Lit of 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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