CHAP. LV.
God promises abundance of
spiritual graces to the faithful,
that shall believe in
Christ out of all nations,
and sincerely serve him.
1 All you that thirst,
come to the waters:
and you that have no money,
make haste, buy, and eat:
come ye, buy wine and milk
without money, and without
any price.
2 Why do you spend
money for that which is not
bread, and your labour for
that which doth not satisfy
you? Hearken diligently to
me, and eat that which is
good, and your soul shall be
delighted in fatness.
3 Incline your ear, and
come to me: hear, and your
soul shall live, and I will
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make an everlasting covevant
with you, the mercies
of David faithful.
4 Behold I have given
him for a witness to the
people, for a leader and a
master to the Gentiles.
5 Behold thou shalt call
a nation, which thou knewest
not: and the nations
that knew not thee shall run
to thee, because of the
Lord thy God, and for the
holy One of Israel, for he
hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the Lord, while
he may be found: call upon
him, while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unjust man
his thoughts, and let him
return to the Lord, and he
will have mercy on him,
and to our God: for he is
bountiful to forgive.
8 For my thoughts are
not your thoughts: nor
your ways my ways, faith
the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are
exalted above the earth, so
are my ways exalted above
your ways, and my thoughts
above your thoughts.
10 And as the rain and
the snow come down from
heaven, and return no more
thither, but soak the earth,
and water it, and make it
to spring, and give seed to
the sower, and bread to the
eater:
11 So shall my word be,
which shall go forth from
my mouth: it shall not return
to me void, but it shall
do whatsoever I please, and
shall prosper in the things
for which I sent it.
12 For you shall go out
with joy, and be led forth
with peace: the mountains
and the hills shall sing praise
before you, and all the trees
of the country shall clap
their hands.
13 Instead of the shrub,
shall come up the fir-tree,
and instead of the nettle,
shall come up the myrtle-tree:
and the Lord shall be
named for an everlasting
sign, that shall not be taken
away.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
