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The Free Offer of Mercy
1 “Ho! Every one who APs 42:1, 2; 63:1; 143:6; Is 41:17; 44:3; John 4:14; 7:37; Rev 21:6thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have BLam 5:4no 1Lit silvermoney come, buy and eat.
Come, buy CSong 5:1; Joel 3:18wine and milk
DHos 14:4; Matt 10:8Without money and without cost.
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and BPs 22:26; Is 1:19; 62:8, 9eat what is good,
And CIs 25:6; Jer 31:14delight yourself in abundance.
3 “AIs 51:4Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that 1Lit your soulyou may BLev 18:5; Rom 10:5live;
And I will make CIs 61:8an everlasting covenant with you,
4 “Behold, I have made APs 18:43; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5him a witness to the peoples,
A BEzek 34:24; 37:24, 25; Dan 9:25; Mic 5:2leader and commander for the peoples.
5 “Behold, you will call a AIs 45:14, 22-24; 49:6, 12, 23nation you do not know,
And a nation which knows you not will BZech 8:22run to you,
Because of the Loʀᴅ your God, even the Holy One of Israel;
For He has CIs 60:9glorified you.”
6 APs 32:6; Is 45:19, 22; 49:8; Amos 5:6Seek the Loʀᴅ while He may be found;
BIs 58:9; 65:24Call upon Him while He is near.
7 AIs 1:16, 19; 58:6Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his BIs 32:7; 59:7thoughts;
And let him CIs 31:6; 44:22return to the Loʀᴅ,
And He will have DIs 14:1; 54:8, 10compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will EIs 1:18; 40:2; 43:25; 44:22abundantly pardon.
8 “For My thoughts are not AIs 65:2; 66:18your thoughts,
Nor are BIs 53:6your ways My ways,” declares the Loʀᴅ.
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “For as the AIs 30:23rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing B2 Cor 9:10seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My AIs 45:23; Matt 24:35word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will BIs 44:26; 59:21not return to Me empty,
Without CIs 46:10; 53:10accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
12 “For you will go out with APs 105:43; Is 51:11; 52:9joy
And be led forth with BIs 54:10, 13; Jer 29:11peace;
The CIs 44:23; 49:13mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the D1 Chr 16:33trees of the field will clap their hands.
And instead of the CIs 5:6; 7:24; 32:13nettle the myrtle will come up,
And 1I.e. the transformation of the desertit will be a 2Lit nameDIs 63:12, 14; Jer 33:9memorial to the Loʀᴅ,
A55:1 Ps 42:1, 2; 63:1; 143:6; Is 41:17; 44:3; John 4:14; 7:37; Rev 21:6
155:1 Lit silver
155:2 Lit weigh out silver
B55:2 Ps 22:26; Is 1:19; 62:8, 9
155:3 Lit your soul
255:3 Lit of David
A55:4 Ps 18:43; Jer 30:9; Hos 3:5
B55:4 Ezek 34:24; 37:24, 25; Dan 9:25; Mic 5:2
A55:5 Is 45:14, 22-24; 49:6, 12, 23
A55:6 Ps 32:6; Is 45:19, 22; 49:8; Amos 5:6
E55:7 Is 1:18; 40:2; 43:25; 44:22
A55:12 Ps 105:43; Is 51:11; 52:9
B55:12 Is 54:10, 13; Jer 29:11
155:13 I.e. the transformation of the desert
255:13 Lit name