Isaiah 55:2

Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and why do you labor for what does not satisfy? 1 Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness. 1

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In The King James Version

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

In Context

1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water, 2 and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! 2 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 1

3Turn your ears and come to me! Listen, that you may live! 1 I will make an everlasting covenant with you—my reliable, faithful love that I promised to David. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:13It will happen, if you will listen diligently to my commandments that I command you today, to love Yahweh your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

Psalms 34:11Come, sons, listen to me. 1 I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. 1

Psalms 63:5It will be as if I ate a meal of marrow and fatness; 1 with joyful lips my mouth will praise you, 1

Proverbs 7:23until an arrow pierces through its liver. 1 He was like a bird rushing into a snare. 1 He did not know that it would cost his life. 1

Proverbs 9:5“Come, eat my food, 1 and drink the wine I have mixed. 1

Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land, 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:2-6

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting… Read the whole commentary →

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