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"Ho! Every one who ^(a)thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have ^(b)no ^[a]money come, buy and eat. Come, buy ^(c)wine and milk ^(d)Without money and without cost.

"Why do you ^[b]spend money for what is ^(e)not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and ^(f)eat what is good, And ^(g)delight yourself in abundance.

"^(h)Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that ^[c]you may ⁽ⁱ⁾live; And I will make ^(j)an everlasting covenant with you, According to the ^(k)faithful mercies ^[d]shown to David.

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

"Behold, you will call a ⁽ⁿ⁾nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will ^(o)run to you, Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has ^(p)glorified you."

^(q)Seek the Lord while He may be found; ^(r)Call upon Him while He is near.

^(s)Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his ^(t)thoughts; And let him ^(u)return to the Lord , And He will have ^(v)compassion on him, And to our God, For He will ^(w)abundantly pardon.

"For My thoughts are not ^(x)your thoughts, Nor are ^(y)your ways My ways," declares the Lord .

"For ^(z)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 ^(aa)rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing ^(ab)seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

So will My ^(ac)word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will ^(ad)not return to Me empty, Without ^(ae)accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

"For you will go out with ^(af)joy And be led forth with ^(ag)peace; The ^(ah)mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the ^(ai)trees of the field will clap their hands.

"Instead of the ^(aj)thorn bush the ^(ak)cypress will come up, And instead of the ^(al)nettle the myrtle will come up, And ^[e]it will be a ^[f](am)memorial to the Lord , For an everlasting ^(an)sign which ^(ao)will not be cut off."