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Isaiah 55

Isa. 55:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore do ye βspend
shaqal (Hebrew #8254)
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
KJV usage: pay, receive(-r), spend, X throughly, weigh.
Pronounce: shaw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
money
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
for that which is not bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
? and your labor
ygiya` (Hebrew #3018)
toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
KJV usage: labour, work.
Pronounce: yeg-ee'-ah
Origin: from 3021
for that which satisfieth
sob`ah (Hebrew #7654)
satiety
KJV usage: (to have) enough, X till...be full, (un-)satiable, satisfy, X sufficiently.
Pronounce: sob-aw'
Origin: feminine of 7648
not
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
? hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
diligently
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
p unto me, 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
ye that which is good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
, and let your soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
delight
`anag (Hebrew #6026)
to be soft or pliable, i.e. (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
KJV usage: delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.
Pronounce: aw-nag'
Origin: a primitive root
itself inr fatness
deshen (Hebrew #1880)
the fat; abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance; specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices
KJV usage: ashes, fatness.
Pronounce: deh'-shen
Origin: from 1878
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weigh.
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Matt. 22:4• 4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. (Matt. 22:4)
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Psa. 63:5• 5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: (Psa. 63:5)

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Bread,
Money,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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do ye.
Isa. 44:20• 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:20)
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Jer. 2:13• 13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. (Jer. 2:13)
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Hos. 8:7• 7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. (Hos. 8:7)
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Hos. 12:1• 1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. (Hos. 12:1)
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Hab. 2:13• 13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? (Hab. 2:13)
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Matt. 15:9• 9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Matt. 15:9)
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Luke 15:15‑16• 15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
 16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. (Luke 15:15‑16)
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Rom. 9:31• 31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. (Rom. 9:31)
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Rom. 10:2‑3• 2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
 3For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. (Rom. 10:2‑3)
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Phil. 3:4‑7• 4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
 5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
 6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
 7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. (Phil. 3:4‑7)
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Heb. 13:9• 9Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. (Heb. 13:9)
spend.
Heb. weigh.
Isa. 46:6• 6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. (Isa. 46:6)
Hearken.
Isa. 51:1,4,7• 1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
 4Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
 7Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. (Isa. 51:1,4,7)
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Ex. 15:26• 26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee. (Ex. 15:26)
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Deut. 11:13• 13And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, (Deut. 11:13)
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Psa. 34:11• 11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. (Psa. 34:11)
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Prov. 1:33• 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. (Prov. 1:33)
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Prov. 7:23• 23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. (Prov. 7:23)
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Prov. 8:32• 32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. (Prov. 8:32)
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Mark 7:14• 14And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: (Mark 7:14)
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Rom. 10:17• 17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Rom. 10:17)
eat.
Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. (Isa. 25:6)
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Psa. 22:26• 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. (Psa. 22:26)
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Psa. 36:8• 8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. (Psa. 36:8)
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Psa. 63:5• 5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: (Psa. 63:5)
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Prov. 9:5• 5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. (Prov. 9:5)
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Jer. 31:14• 14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. (Jer. 31:14)
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Matt. 22:4• 4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. (Matt. 22:4)
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Luke 15:23• 23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: (Luke 15:23)
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John 6:48‑58• 48I am that bread of life.
 49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
 50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
 51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
 52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
 53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
 57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
 58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. (John 6:48‑58)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "weigh."