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The Free Offer of Mercy

¹ "Everyone who ^(C1)thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have ^(C2)no money come, buy grain and eat.
Come, buy ^(C3)wine and milk
^(C4)Without money and without cost simply accept it as a gift from God. ^(VR1)

² "Why do you spend money for that which is ^(C1)not bread,
And your earnings for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and ^(C2)eat what is good,
And let your soul ^(C3)delight in ^(F1)abundance. ^(VR1)

³ "^(C1)Incline your ear to listen and come to Me;
Hear, so that your soul may ^(C2)live;
And I will make ^(C3)an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the ^(C4)faithful mercies promised and shown to David. ^(VR1)

⁴ "Listen carefully, I have appointed ^(F1)(C1)him David, representing the Messiah to be a witness to the nations regarding salvation,
A ^(C2)leader and commander to the peoples.

⁵ "In fact, you ^{the second David}, or David as His representative.">(F1)Israel will call a ^(C1)nation that you do not know,
And a nation that does not know you will ^(C2)run to you,
Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel;
For He has ^(C3)glorified you."

^6 (C1)Seek the LORD while He may be found;
^(C2)Call on Him for salvation while He is near.

^7 (C1)Let the wicked leave (behind) his way
And the unrighteous man his ^(C2)thoughts;
And let him ^(C3)return to the LORD,
And He will have ^(C4)compassion (mercy) on him,
And to our God,
For He will ^(C5)abundantly pardon.

⁸ "For My thoughts are not ^(C1)your thoughts,
Nor are ^(C2)your ways My ways," declares the LORD.

⁹ "For ^(C1)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

¹⁰ "For as the ^(C1)rain and snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth,
Making it bear and sprout,
And providing ^(C2)seed to the sower and bread to the eater, ^(VR1)

¹¹ So will My ^(C1)word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will ^(C2)not return to Me void (useless, without result),
Without ^(C3)accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

¹² "For you will go out from exile with ^(C1)joy
And be led forth by the LORD Himself with ^(C2)peace;
The ^(C3)mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the ^(C4)trees of the field will clap their hands.

¹³ "Instead of the ^(C1)thorn bush the ^(C2)cypress tree will grow,
And instead of the ^(C3)nettle the myrtle tree will grow;
And it will be a ^(C4)memorial to the LORD,
For an everlasting ^(C5)sign of His mercy which ^(C6)will not be cut off."