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Isaiah 55

Isa. 55:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ho
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
, every one that thirsteth
tsame' (Hebrew #6771)
thirsty (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (that) thirst(-eth, -y).
Pronounce: tsaw-may'
Origin: from 6770
l, come
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
ye to the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
, and he that hath no money
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
; come
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
ye, buy
shabar (Hebrew #7666)
to deal in grain
KJV usage: buy, sell.
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: denominative from 7668
m, and eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
n; yea, come
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, buy
shabar (Hebrew #7666)
to deal in grain
KJV usage: buy, sell.
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: denominative from 7668
wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
and milk
chalab (Hebrew #2461)
milk (as the richness of kine)
KJV usage: + cheese, milk, sucking.
Pronounce: khaw-lawb'
Origin: from the same as 2459
without money
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
and without price
mchiyr (Hebrew #4242)
price, payment, wages
KJV usage: gain, hire, price, sold, worth.
Pronounce: mekk-eer'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to buy
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1-5:  The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calls to faith,
6-7:  and to repentance.
8-13:  The happy success of them that believe.
Ho.
every.
Isa. 41:17‑18• 17The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, I , the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness into a pool of water, and the dry land into water-springs.
(Isa. 41:17‑18)
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Psa. 42:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living *God: when shall I come and appear before God?
(Psa. 42:1‑2)
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Psa. 63:1• 1A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my *God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water: (Psa. 63:1)
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Psa. 143:6• 6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah. (Psa. 143:6)
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John 4:10‑14• 10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?
12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
13Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again;
14but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.
(John 4:10‑14)
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John 7:37‑38• 37In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.
38He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(John 7:37‑38)
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Rev. 21:6• 6And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)
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Rev. 22:1,17• 1And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
(Rev. 22:1,17)
buy, and.
buy wine.
Song of Sol. 1:2,4• 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.
4Draw me, we will run after thee!--The king hath brought me into his chambers--We will be glad and rejoice in thee, We will remember thy love more than wine. They love thee uprightly.
(Song of Sol. 1:2,4)
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Song of Sol. 5:1• 1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones! (Song of Sol. 5:1)
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Zech. 9:15• 15Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar. (Zech. 9:15)
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Zech. 10:7• 7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their hearts shall rejoice as through wine; and their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be joyful in Jehovah. (Zech. 10:7)
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Matt. 26:29• 29But I say to you, that I will not at all drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father. (Matt. 26:29)
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John 2:3‑10• 3And wine being deficient, the mother of Jesus says to him, They have no wine.
4Jesus says to her, What have I to do with thee, woman? mine hour has not yet come.
5His mother says to the servants, Whatever he may say to you, do.
6Now there were standing there six stone water-vessels, according to the purification of the Jews, holding two or three measures each.
7Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
8And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry it to the feast-master. And they carried it.
9But when the feast-master had tasted the water which had been made wine (and knew not whence it was, but the servants knew who drew the water), the feast-master calls the bridegroom,
10and says to him, Every man sets on first the good wine, and when men have well drunk, then the inferior; thou hast kept the good wine till now.
(John 2:3‑10)
milk.
without money.
 Chapter 55 opens with a call to “everyone that thirsteth”, and so we pass beyond the confines of Israel to consider in prophetic outline blessings that will reach to the Gentiles through the work of the Servant who has died. Illustrations of this we see in Acts 8 and 10. (Isaiah 55 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy, and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price!