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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 bondmen, saying, Tell those that have been called, Behold, my dinner I have made ready: mine oxen and my fatlings are slaughtered; and all things [are] ready: come to the marriage-feast. (Matt. 22:4)
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Psa. 63:5• 5As [with] marrow and fatness thou wilt satisfy my soul;{HR}And [with] lips of rejoicings will my mouth praise thee. (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, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that 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 Jehovah of hosts that the people shall labour 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 do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men. (Matt. 15:9)
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Luke 15:15‑16• 15And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
 16And he longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave unto him. (Luke 15:15‑16)
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Rom. 9:31• 31but Israel following after a law of righteousness attained not unto a law of righteousness. (Rom. 9:31)
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Rom. 10:2‑3• 2For I bear witness to them that they have zeal for God but not according to knowledge.
 3For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], they have not submitted to the righteousness of God. (Rom. 10:2‑3)
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Phil. 3:4‑7• 4Though I have a trusting even in flesh; if any other seem to trust in flesh, I more:
 5in circumcision of eight days, of [the] race of Israel, of [the] tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, according to law a Pharisee,
 6according to zeal persecuting the church, according to righteousness that [is] in law blameless.
 7But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss on account of Christ. (Phil. 3:4‑7)
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Heb. 13:9• 9Be not carried away with divers and strange doctrines; for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace; not with meats, in which those that walked were not profited. (Heb. 13:9)
spend.
Heb. weigh.
Isa. 46:6• 6Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they 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 Jehovah: look unto the rock [whence] ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye were digged.
 4Listen unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the peoples.
 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 dismayed at their revilings. (Isa. 51:1,4,7)
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Ex. 15:26• 26And he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do what is right in his eyes, and incline thine ears to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the complaints upon thee that I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am Jehovah who healeth thee. (Ex. 15:26)
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Deut. 11:13• 13And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah 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:{HR}I will teach you the fear of Jehovah. (Psa. 34:11)
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Prov. 1:33• 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely{HR}And be at rest from fear of evil. (Prov. 1:33)
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Prov. 7:23• 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life. (Prov. 7:23)
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Prov. 8:32• 32And now, sons, hearken to me;{HR}And blessed are [those that] keep my ways: (Prov. 8:32)
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Mark 7:14• 14And when he had called again the crowd, he said to them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: (Mark 7:14)
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Rom. 10:17• 17Therefore faith [is] by report, but the report through God's word. (Rom. 10:17)
eat.
Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain shall Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples 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 humble eat and are satisfied;{HR}They praise Jehovah, who seek him;{HR}Your heart shall live forever. (Psa. 22:26)
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Psa. 36:8• 8They shall be abundantly satisfied with drink from the fatness of thy house,{HR}And thou shalt make them drink the stream of thy pleasures. (Psa. 36:8)
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Psa. 63:5• 5As [with] marrow and fatness thou wilt satisfy my soul;{HR}And [with] lips of rejoicings will my mouth praise thee. (Psa. 63:5)
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Prov. 9:5• 5Come, eat ye of my bread,{HR}And drink of the wine 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 Jehovah. (Jer. 31:14)
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Matt. 22:4• 4Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Tell those that have been called, Behold, my dinner I have made ready: mine oxen and my fatlings are slaughtered; and all things [are] ready: come to the marriage-feast. (Matt. 22:4)
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Luke 15:23• 23and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry: (Luke 15:23)
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John 6:48‑58• 48I am the bread of life.
 49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.
 50This is the bread that cometh down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
 51I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If one shall have eaten of this bread, he shall live forever. Yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
 52The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying How can he give us his flesh to eat?
 53Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
 54He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day;
 55for my flesh is truly food, and my blood is truly drink.
 56He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me and I in him.
 57As the living Father sent me, and I live by reason of the Father, he also that eateth me, even he shall live by reason of me.
 58This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eateth this bread shall live forever. (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."

W. Kelly Translation

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Wherefore do ye weigh 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.