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"^(F1)You there! Everyone who ^(C1)thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have ^(C2)no ^(F2)money come, buy and eat. Come, buy ^(C3)wine and milk ^(C4)Without money and without cost.

-"Why do you ^(F1)spend money for what is ^(C1)not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and ^(C2)eat what is good, And ^(C3)delight yourself in abundance.

-"^(C1)Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that ^(F1)you may ^(C2)live; And I will make ^(C3)an everlasting covenant with you, According to the ^(C4)faithful mercies ^(F2)shown to David.

-"Behold, I have made ^(C1)him a witness to the peoples, A ^(C2)leader and commander for the peoples.

-"Behold, you will call a ^(C1)nation you do not know, And a nation which does not know you will ^(C2)run to you, Because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel; For He has ^(C3)glorified you."

^(C1)Seek the LORD while He may be found; ^(C2)Call upon Him while He is near.

^(C1)Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his ^(C2)thoughts; And let him ^(C3)return to the LORD, And He will have ^(C4)compassion on him, And to our God, For He will ^(C5)abundantly pardon.

"For My thoughts are not ^(C1)your thoughts, Nor are ^(C2)your ways My ways," declares the LORD.

"For ^(C1)as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

-"For as the ^(C1)rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it produce and sprout, And providing ^(C2)seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

So will My ^(C1)word be which goes out of My mouth; It will ^(C2)not return to Me empty, Without ^(C3)accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.

-"For you will go out with ^(C1)joy And be led in ^(C2)peace; The ^(C3)mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you, And all the ^(C4)trees of the field will clap their hands.

-"Instead of the ^(C1)thorn bush, the ^(C2)juniper will come up, And instead of the ^(C3)stinging nettle, the myrtle will come up; And ^(F1)it will be a ^(F2)(C4)memorial to the LORD, An everlasting ^(C5)sign which ^(C6)will not be eliminated."