Isaiah 55 - The Passion Translation(TPT)

Invitation to an Abundant Life

1“Listen! Are you thirsty for more?

Come to the refreshing waters and drink.

Even if you have no money,

come, buy, and eat.

Yes, come and buy all the wine and milk you desire—

it won’t cost a thing.

2Why spend your hard-earned money

on something that can’t nourish you

or work so hard for something that can’t satisfy?

So listen carefully to me

and you’ll enjoy a sumptuous feast,

delighting in the finest of food.

3Pay attention and come closer to me,

and hear, that your total being may flourish.

I will enter into an everlasting covenant with you,

and I will show you the same faithful love

that I showed David.

4See! I made him a witness to the nations,

an example of leadership,

as prince and commander of peoples.”

5Look! You will summon nations you’ve never heard of.

Nations who have never heard of you

will come running to follow you

because Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel,

has glorified you!

God’s Mercy Greater than Man’s

6Seek the Lord Yahweh when he makes himself approachable;

call upon him when you sense he is near.

7The wicked need to abandon their ways,

and sinful ones need to banish every evil thought.

Let them return to Yahweh,

and they will experience his compassionate mercy.

Yes, let them return to God,

for he will lavish forgiveness upon them.

8“For my thoughts about mercy are not like your thoughts,

and my ways are different from yours.

9As high as the heavens are above the earth,

so my ways and my thoughts are higher than yours.

10“As the snow and rain that fall from heaven

do not return until they have accomplished their purpose,

soaking the earth and causing it to sprout with new life,

providing seed to sow and bread to eat.

11So also will be the word that I speak;

it does not return to me unfulfilled.

My word performs my purpose

and fulfills the mission I sent it out to accomplish.”

12For you will leave your exile with joy

and be led home wrapped in peace.

The mountains and hills in front of you will burst into singing

and the trees of the field will applaud!

13Cypress trees will flourish where there were only thorns

and myrtle trees instead of briars.

These will stand as a testimony to Yahweh’s renown,

everlasting signs that will not be cut off.