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Isaiah 55:2

World English Bible

Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good,
and let your soul delight itself in richness.

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Isaiah 55:2 in other translations

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

Isaiah 55:2 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 55:2 in context

  1. 1“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters!
    Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat!
    Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
  2. 2Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
    and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy?
    Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good,
    and let your soul delight itself in richness.
  3. 3Turn your ear, and come to me.
    Hear, and your soul will live.
    I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  4. 4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,
    a leader and commander to the peoples.