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\c 55
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\q1
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\v 1 "Come here! All you people who are in exile,
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\q2 and listen to me!
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\q1 If you are thirsty,
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\q2 now is the time for you to come to me and get your water!
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\q1 Now those who had no money,
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\q2 you can come and buy wine and milk from me, the finest wine and the best milk!
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\q1 You can get what you need from me,
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\q2 and you can buy it now!
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\q1 You can buy it even though you do not have any money,
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\q2 and even though you could never afford it!
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 2 Why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?
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\q1 Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not truly satisfy you?
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\q1 Pay attention to what I say
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\q2 and acquire what is really good!
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\q1 If you come to me, then in your heart you will truly be happy.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Listen to me and come to me;
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\q2 pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life within you.
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\q1 I will make a covenant with you that will last forever
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\q2 to faithfully love you like my love for King David.
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\q1
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\v 4 By what he did, I showed my power to many people groups;
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\q2 I caused him to be a leader and commander over the people of many nations.
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\s5
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\v 5 And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you,
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\q1 nations that previously you have not heard about,
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\q2 and they had not heard about you;
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\q1 and they will come to you quickly
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\q2 because they will have heard that I, Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you.
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\v 6 Seek to know Yahweh while it is still possible for you to do that;
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\q2 call to Yahweh while he is near!
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\q1
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\v 7 Wicked people should abandon their wicked behavior,
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\q2 and evil people should stop thinking what is evil.
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\q1 They should turn to Yahweh,
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\q2 and if they do that, he will act mercifully toward them;
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\q1 they should turn to Yahweh, their God,
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\q2 because he will fully pardon them for all the wicked things that they have done.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 8 Yahweh declares that what he thinks is not the same as what you think,
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\q2 and what he does is very different from what you do.
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\q1
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\v 9 Just as you people on the earth can never reach the sky,
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\q2 the thoughts of Yahweh are that much higher than the way you think.
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\q1 His ways are always different from what you do.
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\q1 And so, you can be sure that you can never fully understand the way Yahweh thinks or know the reasons for what Yahweh does.
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\q1
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\v 10 Yahweh sends the rain and snow down from the sky,
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\q2 and they water the ground.
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\q1 When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow,
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\q2 with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer to plant and grain to produce flour to make bread for people to eat.
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\v 11 And similarly, the things that I promise to do, I will always cause to happen;
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\q2 my promises will always come true.
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\q1 They will accomplish the things for which I spoke them.
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\v 12 This is why you will leave Babylon joyfully;
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\q2 you will have peace as Yahweh leads you out.
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\q1 It will be as though the hills and mountains sang joyfully,
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\q2 and the trees in the fields clapped their hands.
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\v 13 Instead of thornbushes and briers,
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\q2 pine trees and myrtle trees will grow in your land.
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\q1 As a result of that, people will honor Yahweh much more;
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\q2 and what Yahweh does will cause everyone to remember what he has promised, and they will honor him."
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