Isaiah , Sarah Barry
COME, ALL YOU WHO ARE THIRSTY
Passage: Isaiah 55:1~13  
Key verse: 1
Invitation to the Thirsty55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,(A)
come to the waters;(B)
and you who have no money,
come, buy(C) and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk(D)
without money and without cost.(E)
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?(F)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(G)
and you will delight in the richest(H) of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen,(I) that you may live.(J)
I will make an everlasting covenant(K) with you,
my faithful love(L) promised to David.(M)
4 See, I have made him a witness(N) to the peoples,
a ruler and commander(O) of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations(P) you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,(Q)
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One(R) of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”(S)
6 Seek(T) the Lord while he may be found;(U)
call(V) on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake(W) their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.(X)
Let them turn(Y) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(Z) on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(AA)
8 “For my thoughts(AB) are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”(AC)
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,(AD)
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.(AE)
10 As the rain(AF) and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(AG)
so that it yields seed(AH) for the sower and bread for the eater,(AI)
11 so is my word(AJ) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(AK)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(AL) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(AM)
and be led forth in peace;(AN)
the mountains and hills
will burst into song(AO) before you,
and all the trees(AP) of the field
will clap their hands.(AQ)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers(AR) the myrtle(AS) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(AT)
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,(A)
come to the waters;(B)
and you who have no money,
come, buy(C) and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk(D)
without money and without cost.(E)
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?(F)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(G)
and you will delight in the richest(H) of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen,(I) that you may live.(J)
I will make an everlasting covenant(K) with you,
my faithful love(L) promised to David.(M)
4 See, I have made him a witness(N) to the peoples,
a ruler and commander(O) of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations(P) you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,(Q)
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One(R) of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”(S)
6 Seek(T) the Lord while he may be found;(U)
call(V) on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake(W) their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.(X)
Let them turn(Y) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(Z) on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(AA)
8 “For my thoughts(AB) are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”(AC)
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,(AD)
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.(AE)
10 As the rain(AF) and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(AG)
so that it yields seed(AH) for the sower and bread for the eater,(AI)
11 so is my word(AJ) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(AK)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(AL) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(AM)
and be led forth in peace;(AN)
the mountains and hills
will burst into song(AO) before you,
and all the trees(AP) of the field
will clap their hands.(AQ)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers(AR) the myrtle(AS) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(AT)
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
Cross references
- Isaiah 55:1 : S Pr 9:5; S Isa 35:7; Mt 5:6; Lk 6:21; Jn 4:14; 7:37
- Isaiah 55:1 : Jer 2:13; Eze 47:1, 12; Zec 14:8
- Isaiah 55:1 : La 5:4; Mt 13:44; Rev 3:18
- Isaiah 55:1 : S SS 5:1; 1Pe 2:2
- Isaiah 55:1 : Hos 14:4; Mt 10:8; Rev 21:6; 22:17
- Isaiah 55:2 : Ps 22:26; Ecc 6:2; Isa 49:4; Jer 12:13; Hos 4:10; 8:7; Mic 6:14; Hag 1:6
- Isaiah 55:2 : S Isa 1:19
- Isaiah 55:2 : S Isa 30:23
- Isaiah 55:3 : S Ps 78:1
- Isaiah 55:3 : S Lev 18:5; S Jn 6:27; Ro 10:5
- Isaiah 55:3 : S Ge 9:16; S Isa 54:10; S Heb 13:20
- Isaiah 55:3 : S Isa 54:8
- Isaiah 55:3 : Ac 13:34*
- Isaiah 55:4 : Rev 1:5
- Isaiah 55:4 : S 1Sa 13:14; S 2Ch 7:18; S Isa 32:1
- Isaiah 55:5 : S Isa 49:6
- Isaiah 55:5 : S Isa 2:3
- Isaiah 55:5 : S Isa 12:6; S 54:5
- Isaiah 55:5 : S Isa 44:23
- Isaiah 55:6 : S Dt 4:29; S 2Ch 15:2; S Isa 9:13
- Isaiah 55:6 : Ps 32:6; Isa 49:8; Ac 17:27; 2Co 6:1-2
- Isaiah 55:6 : S Ps 50:15; Isa 65:24; Jer 29:12; 33:3
- Isaiah 55:7 : S 2Ch 7:14; S 30:9; Eze 18:27-28
- Isaiah 55:7 : Isa 32:7; 59:7
- Isaiah 55:7 : S Isa 44:22; S Jer 26:3; S Eze 18:32
- Isaiah 55:7 : S Isa 54:10
- Isaiah 55:7 : S 2Ch 6:21; Isa 1:18; 40:2
- Isaiah 55:8 : Php 2:5; 4:8
- Isaiah 55:8 : Isa 53:6; Mic 4:12
- Isaiah 55:9 : S Job 11:8; Ps 103:11
- Isaiah 55:9 : S Nu 23:19; S Isa 40:13-14
- Isaiah 55:10 : Isa 30:23
- Isaiah 55:10 : S Lev 25:19; S Job 14:9; S Ps 67:6
- Isaiah 55:10 : S Ge 47:23
- Isaiah 55:10 : 2Co 9:10
- Isaiah 55:11 : S Dt 32:2; Jn 1:1
- Isaiah 55:11 : Isa 40:8; 45:23; S Mt 5:18; Heb 4:12
- Isaiah 55:11 : S Pr 19:21; S Isa 44:26; Eze 12:25
- Isaiah 55:12 : S Ps 98:4; S Isa 35:2
- Isaiah 55:12 : Isa 54:10, 13
- Isaiah 55:12 : S Ps 65:12-13; S 96:12-13
- Isaiah 55:12 : S 1Ch 16:33
- Isaiah 55:12 : Ps 98:8
- Isaiah 55:13 : S Nu 33:55; S Isa 5:6
- Isaiah 55:13 : Isa 41:19
- Isaiah 55:13 : S Ps 102:12; Isa 63:12; Jer 32:20; 33:9
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1. Seek the Lord while he may be found (1-7)
People work very hard seeking things that do not satisfy (Jn 6:27). A car or a computer or even human love cannot satisfy the thirsty soul. God sent his servant, the Messiah. He invites people of all nations to come to him and have their thirst quenched. If we hear him, our souls will live. But we must seek him while he may be found. We have sinned in thought, word and deed; we must forsake our sins and come to him. He promises to pardon us freely.
2. My word will not return empty (8-13)
We don't have to understand God or his ways in order to come to him. We must simply receive his word in our hearts. His word will accomplish his purpose as surely as rain waters the ground and makes it produce an abundant harvest. When we hold to his word and seek him with all our hearts, we will go out in joy and be led forth in peace, and all nature will rejoice (Ro 8:19-21).
Prayer: Lord, I come to you with my thirsty soul and my sins. Forgive me and fill me with your word and Spirit and make me a fruitful Bible teacher.
One Word: Seek the Lord while he may be found