Isaiah · Brenton's English Septuagint
Isaiah 55 Brenton's English Septuagint
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go [and] buy; and eat [and drink] wine and fat without money or price.
1 “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
2 Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and [give] your labour for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
3 Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: hearken to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.
3 Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have made him a testimony among the Gentiles, a prince and commander to the Gentiles.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
5 Nations which know thee not, shall call upon thee, and peoples which are not acquainted with thee, shall flee to thee for refuge, for the sake of the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified thee.
5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”
6 Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
7 let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
9 But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:
10 For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make thy ways prosperous, and [will effect] my commands.
11 so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
12 For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
13 And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
13 Instead of the thorn the cypress tree will come up; and instead of the brier the myrtle tree will come up. It will make a name for Yahweh, for an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 7:37–38; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:17; Isaiah 44:3; John 4:10–14
- 2 John 6:48–58; Jeremiah 2:13; Psalm 22:26; Psalm 36:8; Romans 10:2–3
- 3 Jeremiah 32:40; Proverbs 4:20; Matthew 11:28; John 10:27; Acts 13:34
- 4 Revelation 1:5; Isaiah 9:6–7; Hebrews 2:10; Revelation 3:14; Jeremiah 30:9
- 5 Zechariah 2:11; Isaiah 60:5; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 56:8; John 17:1
- 6 Jeremiah 29:12–14; Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 45:19; Psalm 32:6; Psalm 14:2
- 7 Proverbs 28:13; James 4:8–10; Ezekiel 18:21–23; Luke 15:10; Isaiah 44:22
- 8 Psalm 92:5; Psalm 40:5; Hosea 14:9; Psalm 25:10; Ezekiel 18:29
- 9 Psalm 103:11; Romans 11:31–36; Matthew 11:25; Psalm 77:19; Psalm 36:5
- 10 2 Corinthians 9:9–11; Deuteronomy 32:2; Isaiah 30:23; Ezekiel 34:26; Hosea 10:12
- 11 Matthew 24:35; Isaiah 46:10; Romans 10:17; John 6:63; Isaiah 45:23
- 12 Galatians 5:22; Romans 15:13; Isaiah 44:23; Psalm 105:43; Psalm 96:11–13
- 13 Ephesians 3:20–21; 1 Peter 2:9–10; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 61:3; Jeremiah 33:9
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences