Isaiah 55

hoy kol-tsame lekhu lammayim va'asher en-lo kasef lekhu shivru ve'ekholu ulekhu shivru belo-khesef uvelo mekhir yayin vekhalav

Ho, all who are thirsty, Come for water, Even if you have no money; Come, buy food and eat: Buy food without money, Wine and milk without cost.

lammah tishqelu-khesef belo-lekhem vigi'akhem belo lesovah shimu shamoa elay ve'ikhlu-tov vetitannag baddeshen nafshekhem

Why do you spend money for what is not bread, Your earnings for what does not satisfy? Give heed to Me, And you shall eat choice food And enjoy the richest viands.

hattu oznekhem ulekhu elay shimu utekhi nafshekhem ve'ekhretah lakhem berit olam khasde david hanne'emanim

Incline your ear and come to Me; Hearken, and you shall be revived. And I will make with you an everlasting covenant, The enduring loyalty promised to David.

hen ed le'ummim netattiv nagid umetsavveh le'ummim

As I made him a leader of peoples, A prince and commander of peoples,

hen goy lo-teda tiqra vegoy lo-yeda'ukha elekha yarutsu lema'an Adonai elohekha veliqdosh yisra'el ki fe'arakh

So you shall summon a nation you did not know, And a nation that did not know you Shall come running to you— For the sake of the ETERNAL your God, The Holy One of Israel who has glorified you.

dirshu Adonai behimmatse'o qera'uhu bihyoto qarov

Seek GOD while you can, Call out while [God] is near.

ya'azov rasha darko ve'ish aven makhshevotayw veyashov el-Adonai virakhamehu ve'el-elohenu ki-yarbeh lisloakh

Let the wicked give up their ways, The sinful, their plans; Let each one turn back to GOD So as to be pardoned; To our God, Who freely forgives.

ki lo makhshevotay makhshevotekhem velo darkhekhem derakhay ne'um Adonai

For My plans are not your plans, Nor are My ways your ways —declares GOD.

ki-govhu shamayim me'arets ken govhu derakhay middarkhekhem umakhshevotay mimmakhshevotekhem

But as the heavens are high above the earth, So are My ways high above your ways And My plans above your plans.

ki ka'asher yered haggeshem vehasheleg min-hashamayim veshammah lo yashuv ki im-hirvah et-ha'arets veholidah vehitsmikhah venatan zera lazzorea velekhem la'okhel

For as the rain or snow drops from heaven And returns not there, But soaks the earth And makes it bring forth vegetation, Yielding seed for sowing and bread for eating,

ken yihyeh devari asher yetse mippi lo-yashuv elay reqam ki im-asah et-asher khafatsti vehitsliakh asher shelakhtiv

So is the word that issues from My mouth: It does not come back to Me unfulfilled, But performs what I purpose, Achieves what I sent it to do.

ki-vesimkhah tetse'u uveshalom tuvalun heharim vehaggeva'ot yiftsekhu lifnekhem rinnah vekhol-atse hassadeh yimkha'u-khaf

Yea, you shall leave in joy and be led home secure. Before you, mount and hill shall shout aloud, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

takhat hanna'atsuts ya'aleh verosh (tkht) [vetakhat] hassirpad ya'aleh hadas vehayah la-Adonai leshem le'ot olam lo yikkaret

Instead of the brier, a cypress shall rise; Instead of the nettle, a myrtle shall rise. These shall stand as a testimony to GOD, As an everlasting sign that shall not perish.