Isaiah 55

1 woe! all thirsty to go: come to/for water and which nothing to/for him silver: money to go: come to buy grain and to eat and to go: come to buy grain in/on/with not silver: money and in/on/with not price wine and milk

“All you [people who are in exile], listen to me! [It is as though] [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! [It is as though] you have no money, but you can come and get things from me [that are like] wine and milk! You can get [what you need from me], [and] you will not need to give me any money for them!

2 to/for what? to weigh silver: money in/on/with not food: bread and toil your in/on/with not to/for satiety to hear: hear to hear: hear to(wards) me and to eat good and to delight in/on/with ashes soul: appetite your

[What you really need is to have a close relationship with me], so (why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?/you should not spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need.) [RHQ] (Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not (satisfy your [inner beings]/cause you to be happy)?) [RHQ] Pay attention to what I say and acquire what is really good [MET]! If you do that, then you will truly be happy [MET].

3 to stretch ear your and to go: come to(wards) me to hear: hear and to live soul your and to cut: make(covenant) to/for you covenant forever: enduring kindness David [the] be faithful

Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved [King] David.

4 look! witness people to give: make him leader and to command people

By what he did, I showed [my power to many] people-groups; I caused him to be a leader and commander [DOU] over [the people of many nations].

5 look! nation not to know to call: call to and nation not to know you to(wards) you to run: run because LORD God your and to/for holy Israel for to beautify you

And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you, nations that previously you have not heard about, and they had not heard about you; and they will come to you quickly because [they will have heard that I], Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.

6 to seek LORD in/on/with to find he to call: call to him in/on/with to be he near

Seek [to know] me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!

7 to leave: forsake wicked way: conduct his and man evil: wickedness plot his and to return: repent to(wards) LORD and to have compassion him and to(wards) God our for to multiply to/for to forgive

Wicked [people] should abandon their wicked behavior, and evil people should stop thinking what is evil. They should turn to me, and if they do that, I will act mercifully toward them; they should turn to me, their God, because I will fully pardon them [for all the wicked things that they have done].

8 for not plot my plot your and not way: conduct your way: conduct my utterance LORD

I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, and what I do is very different from what you do.

9 for to exult heaven from land: country/planet so to exult way: conduct my from way: conduct your and plot my from plot your

Just as the sky is far above the earth, what I do is far greater than what you do, and what I think is much greater than what you think.

10 for like/as as which to go down [the] rain and [the] snow from [the] heaven and there [to] not to return: return that if: except if: except to quench [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to beget her and to spring her and to give: give seed to/for to sow and food: bread to/for to eat

Rain and snow come down from the sky, and they cause the ground to be moist before the moisture returns [to the sky and produces more clouds]. When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow, with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer [to plant] and [grain to produce flour to make] bread for people to eat.

11 so to be word my which to come out: come from lip my not to return: return to(wards) me emptily that if: except if: except to make: do [obj] which to delight in and to prosper which to send: depart him

And similarly the things that I promise to do, I will [always] cause to happen; my promises will [always] be fulfilled [LIT]. They will accomplish the things that I gave them to accomplish [DOU].

12 for in/on/with joy to come out: come and in/on/with peace to conduct [emph?] [the] mountain: mount and [the] hill to break out to/for face: before your cry and all tree [the] land: country to clap palm

You will leave [Babylon] joyfully, you will have peace as I lead you out. [It will be as though] the hills and mountains will sing joyfully, and the trees in the fields will clap their hands.

13 underneath: instead [the] thorn bush to ascend: rise cypress (and underneath: instead *Q(K)*) [the] nettle to ascend: rise myrtle and to be to/for LORD to/for name to/for sign: indicator forever: enduring not to cut: eliminate

Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress [trees] and myrtle [trees] will grow [in your land]. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that [I do what I have promised].”