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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 55

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Chapter 55 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Hey there, all YOU thirsty ones!1 Come to the water.2 And the ones that have no money! Come, buy and eat.3 Yes, come, buy wine4 and milk5 even without money and without price.6
  2. Why do YOU people keep paying out money for what is not bread, and why is YOUR toil for what results in no satisfaction?7 Listen intently to me, and eat what is good,8 and let YOUR soul find its exquisite delight in fatness itself.9
  3. Incline YOUR ear10 and come to me.11 Listen, and YOUR soul will keep alive,12 and I shall readily conclude with YOU people an indefinitely lasting covenant13 respecting the loving-kindnesses[a] to David that are faithful.[b]14
  4. Look! As a witness15 to the national groups[c]16 I have given him,17 as a leader18 and commander19 to the national groups.
  5. ¶ Look! A nation that you[d] do not know you will call,20 and those of a nation who have not known you will run even to you,21 for the sake of Jehovah your God,[e]22 and for the Holy One of Israel,23 because he will have beautified you.24
  6. ¶ Search for Jehovah, YOU people, while he may be found.25 Call to him while he proves to be near.26
  7. Let the wicked man leave his way,27 and the harmful man his thoughts;28 and let him return to Jehovah, who will have mercy upon him,29 and to our God, for he will forgive in a large way.30
  8. ¶ “For the thoughts of YOU people are not my thoughts,31 nor are my ways YOUR ways,”32 is the utterance of Jehovah.
  9. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,33 so my ways are higher than YOUR ways,34 and my thoughts than YOUR thoughts.35
  10. For just as the pouring rain descends, and the snow, from the heavens and does not return to that place, unless it actually saturates the earth and makes it produce and sprout,36 and seed is actually given to the sower and bread to the eater,37
  11. so my word that goes forth from my mouth will prove to be.38 It will not return to me without results,39 but it will certainly do that in which I have delighted,40 and it will have certain success in that for which I have sent it.41
  12. ¶ “For with rejoicing YOU people will go forth,42 and with peace YOU will be brought in.43 The mountains and the hills themselves will become cheerful before YOU with a joyful outcry,44 and the very trees of the field will all clap their hands.45
  13. Instead of the thicket of thorns the juniper tree will come up.46 Instead of the stinging nettle the myrtle tree will come up.47 And it must become for Jehovah something famous,[f]48 a sign to time indefinite49 that will not be cut off.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “the full loving-kindness; the full loyal love.”
  2. ^ Or, “lasting; firmly established.”
  3. ^ Or, “the populations; the masses.” LXX, “nations.”
  4. ^ “You,” masc. sing., referring to Jacob, or Israel.
  5. ^ “Your God.” Heb., ʼElo·heyʹkha.
  6. ^ Or, “a fame; a reputation.” Lit., “a name.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ps 42:2; 63:1; Am 8:11; Mt 5:6; Re 21:6
  2. ^ Is 41:17; Re 22:17
  3. ^ Ps 22:26
  4. ^ Pr 9:5
  5. ^ Jl 3:18; 1Co 3:2; 1Pe 2:2
  6. ^ Ro 3:24; 1Co 9:18; Re 22:17
  7. ^ Is 46:7; 2Ti 4:4; Heb 13:9
  8. ^ Is 25:6; Jm 1:17
  9. ^ Ps 36:8; 63:5; Mt 22:4
  10. ^ Ps 78:1
  11. ^ Jn 6:37; Jm 4:8; Re 3:18
  12. ^ Pr 1:5; 4:20
  13. ^ 2Sa 23:5; Is 61:8; Heb 13:20
  14. ^ 2Sa 7:16; Ps 89:28; Je 33:25; Ac 13:34
  15. ^ Re 1:5; 3:14
  16. ^ Is 49:1; 51:4; Da 7:14; Mc 4:2
  17. ^ Jn 3:16; 18:37
  18. ^ Ps 2:6; Je 30:9; Da 9:25; Mt 23:10
  19. ^ Ge 49:10; Ps 110:2; Da 12:1; Mt 28:18
  20. ^ Ps 18:43; Is 56:8; Ac 15:14; Ro 11:17; Eph 2:11; Re 7:10
  21. ^ Is 60:5
  22. ^ Zc 8:23
  23. ^ Is 54:5; 60:9
  24. ^ Is 49:3; Ac 15:17
  25. ^ 1Ch 28:9; Ps 14:2; Mt 7:8; Lu 13:24; Heb 4:7
  26. ^ De 4:7; Ps 145:18; Jm 4:8
  27. ^ 2Ch 7:14; Eze 18:21; Ac 3:19
  28. ^ Pr 6:14; Je 4:14; Jm 1:15
  29. ^ Ex 34:6; 2Ch 33:13; Ps 103:13
  30. ^ Nu 14:18; Ps 103:12; Is 43:25
  31. ^ Ps 40:5; Ec 7:24; Ro 11:34
  32. ^ Pr 16:25; 21:2; Da 4:37; Ho 14:9
  33. ^ Ps 103:11
  34. ^ Ps 77:19; Ro 11:33
  35. ^ Mt 11:25; 1Pe 1:12
  36. ^ Ps 65:9; Is 30:23
  37. ^ 2Co 9:10
  38. ^ Nu 23:19; Is 46:11; Heb 6:13
  39. ^ Jos 23:14; Is 45:23
  40. ^ Ps 135:6; Je 39:16; Heb 6:17; Jm 1:18
  41. ^ Is 46:10
  42. ^ Is 35:10
  43. ^ Is 54:13; 66:12; Ro 15:13
  44. ^ Ps 98:8; Is 42:11
  45. ^ 1Ch 16:33; Ps 47:1; Is 44:23
  46. ^ Is 41:19; 60:13
  47. ^ Is 61:3
  48. ^ Is 43:21; Je 33:9; 1Pe 2:9
  49. ^ Is 54:10; 66:19; Je 50:5

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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