Isaiah 55
- 1Ho, every one that thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money. Come, buy, and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- 2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? And your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
- 3Listen closely, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- 4I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
- 5You shall call a nation that you do not know, and nations who did not know you shall run to you because of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
- 6Seek the Lord while he may be found, call you on him while he is near:
- 7Let the wicked abandon his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him. To our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
- 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- 10For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it sprout and grow, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
- 11So shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing to which I sent it.
- 12For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace: the mountains and the hills shall burst out before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- 13Instead 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.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Isaiah 55 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVHo, 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.
GIGAKJVHo, every one that thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money. Come, buy, and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
KJVWherefore 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.
GIGAKJVWhy do you spend money for that which is not bread? And your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
KJVIncline 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.
GIGAKJVListen closely, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
KJVBehold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
GIGAKJVI have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
KJVBehold, 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall call a nation that you do not know, and nations who did not know you shall run to you because of the Lord your God, and for the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
KJVSeek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
GIGAKJVSeek the Lord while he may be found, call you on him while he is near:
KJVLet 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.
GIGAKJVLet the wicked abandon his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him. To our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
KJVFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
GIGAKJVFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
KJVFor 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:
GIGAKJVFor as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes it sprout and grow, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing to which I sent it.
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace: the mountains and the hills shall burst out before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
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