KJV King James Version
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
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Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
WEB World English Bible
Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
ASV American Standard Version
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David—that are stedfast.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 55
1 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.
2 Wherefore do ye spend 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.
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הַטּ֤וּH5186 · na.tahto stretchאָזְנְכֶם֙H241 · o.zenearוּלְכ֣וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)שִׁמְע֖וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearוּתְחִ֣יH2421 · cha.yahto liveנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוְאֶכְרְתָ֤הH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutלָכֶם֙H9036 · khemyouבְּרִ֣יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantעוֹלָ֔םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringחַֽסְדֵ֥יH2617 · che.sedkindnessדָוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidהַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים׃H539 · a.manbe faithful
Cross-references
Jeremiah 32:40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.Proverbs 4:20My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:Acts 13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, [now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.Isaiah 61:8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.John 5:24-25Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.Psalm 78:1Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.Psalm 89:28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.Leviticus 18:5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.Isaiah 54:8In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.Psalm 89:35-37Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.Ezekiel 37:24-25And David my servant [shall be] king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.John 8:47He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant [that] shall not be forgotten.Psalm 119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.
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