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2.1 KiB
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105 lines
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Invitation to the LORD's Salvation
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# Chapter 55
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1. "Is anyone thirsty?
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Come and drink--
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even if you have no money!
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Come, take your choice of wine or milk--
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it's all free!
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2. Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
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Why pay for food that does you no good?
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Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
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You will enjoy the finest food.
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3. "Come to me with your ears wide open.
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Listen, and you will find life.
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I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
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I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
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4. See how I used him to display my power among the peoples.
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I made him a leader among the nations.
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5. You also will command nations you do not know,
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and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey,
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because I, the LORD your God,
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the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious."
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6. Seek the LORD while you can find him.
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Call on him now while he is near.
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7. Let the wicked change their ways
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and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
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Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them.
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Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
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8. "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the LORD.
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"And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
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9. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
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so my ways are higher than your ways
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and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
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10. "The rain and snow come down from the heavens
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and stay on the ground to water the earth.
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They cause the grain to grow,
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producing seed for the farmer
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and bread for the hungry.
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11. It is the same with my word.
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I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
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It will accomplish all I want it to,
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and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
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12. You will live in joy and peace.
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The mountains and hills will burst into song,
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and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
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13. Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow.
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Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.
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These events will bring great honor to the LORD's name;
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they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love."
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