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Isaiah 55:2–3

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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.
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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From verse 2

  1. John 6:48–58Rank 1 from verse 2
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    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.

  2. Jeremiah 2:13Rank 2 from verse 2
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    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.

  3. Psalms 22:26Rank 3 from verse 2
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    26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

  4. Psalms 36:8Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

  5. Romans 10:2–3Rank 5 from verse 2
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    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.

  6. Hebrews 13:9Rank 6 from verse 2
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    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.

  7. Isaiah 51:7Rank 7 from verse 2
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    7¶ Hearken 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.

  8. Jeremiah 31:14Rank 8 from verse 2
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    14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

  9. Habakkuk 2:13Rank 9 from verse 2
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    13Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

  10. Mark 7:14Rank 10 from verse 2
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    14¶ And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

  11. Hosea 8:7Rank 11 from verse 2
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    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.

  12. Matthew 22:4Rank 12 from verse 2
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    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.

  13. Psalms 34:11Rank 13 from verse 2
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    11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

  14. Isaiah 51:1Rank 14 from verse 2
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    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.

  15. Psalms 63:5Rank 15 from verse 2
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    5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

  16. Isaiah 1:19Rank 16 from verse 2
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    19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

  17. Isaiah 51:4Rank 17 from verse 2
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    4¶ Hearken 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.

  18. Matthew 15:9Rank 18 from verse 2
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    9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

  19. Proverbs 9:5Rank 19 from verse 2
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    5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  20. Romans 9:31Rank 20 from verse 2
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    31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

  21. Hosea 12:1Rank 21 from verse 2
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    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.

  22. Isaiah 46:6Rank 22 from verse 2
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    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.

  23. Luke 15:23Rank 23 from verse 2
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    23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

  24. Romans 10:17Rank 24 from verse 2
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    17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  25. Deuteronomy 11:13Rank 25 from verse 2
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    13¶ And 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,

  26. Ecclesiastes 6:2Rank 26 from verse 2
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    2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  27. Exodus 15:26Rank 27 from verse 2
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    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.

  28. Isaiah 25:6Rank 28 from verse 2
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    6¶ And 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.

  29. Philippians 3:4–7Rank 29 from verse 2
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    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.

  30. Proverbs 8:32Rank 30 from verse 2
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    32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

  31. Isaiah 44:20Rank 31 from verse 2
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    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?

  32. Luke 15:15–16Rank 32 from verse 2
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    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.

  33. Proverbs 1:33Rank 33 from verse 2
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    33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

  34. Proverbs 7:23Rank 34 from verse 2
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    23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

From verse 3

  1. Jeremiah 32:40Rank 1 from verse 3
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    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.

  2. Matthew 11:28Rank 2 from verse 3
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    28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

  3. Proverbs 4:20Rank 3 from verse 3
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    20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

  4. John 10:27Rank 4 from verse 3
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  5. Acts 13:34Rank 5 from verse 3
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    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.

  6. Genesis 17:7Rank 6 from verse 3
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    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.

  7. Isaiah 61:8Rank 7 from verse 3
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    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.

  8. John 6:37Rank 8 from verse 3
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    37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

  9. John 5:24–25Rank 9 from verse 3
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    24Verily, 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.

    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

  10. Psalms 78:1Rank 10 from verse 3
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    1GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  11. Isaiah 54:8Rank 11 from verse 3
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    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.

  12. Leviticus 18:5Rank 12 from verse 3
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    5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.

  13. Psalms 89:28Rank 13 from verse 3
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    28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

  14. Psalms 89:35–37Rank 14 from verse 3
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    35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

    36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

    37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

  15. 2 Samuel 23:5Rank 15 from verse 3
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    5Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

  16. 2 Samuel 7:8–17Rank 16 from verse 3
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    8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

    9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

    10Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

    11And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

    12¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

    13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

    15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

    16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

    17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

  17. Ezekiel 37:24–25Rank 17 from verse 3
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    24And 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.

    25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  18. Hebrews 13:20Rank 18 from verse 3
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    20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

  19. Jeremiah 30:9Rank 19 from verse 3
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    9But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

  20. Jeremiah 33:20–21Rank 20 from verse 3
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    20Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

    21Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.

  21. Jeremiah 33:26Rank 21 from verse 3
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    26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.

  22. Jeremiah 50:5Rank 22 from verse 3
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    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.

  23. John 8:47Rank 23 from verse 3
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    47He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

  24. Matthew 17:5Rank 24 from verse 3
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    5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

  25. Psalms 119:112Rank 25 from verse 3
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    112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

  26. John 6:44–45Rank 26 from verse 3
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    44No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

    45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

  27. Matthew 13:16Rank 27 from verse 3
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    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

  28. John 7:37Rank 28 from verse 3
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    37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

  29. Romans 10:5Rank 29 from verse 3
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    5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 55:2

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spend

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Sense 1: To use, expend, consume, or give out. Sense 2: To pass time or life in a stated manner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

labour

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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

satisfieth

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Third-person singular present form of satisfy (to gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delight

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Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fatness

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Sense 1: Richness, abundance, or fertility. Sense 2: Fullness of flesh or being well fed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 55:3

COMBINED MEANING

incline

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To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

everlasting

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1. Continuing without end. 2. Extending backward without beginning. 3. Enduring or permanent throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

covenant

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Sense 1: A binding agreement, promise, pledge, or appointed order. Sense 2: The stated words, terms, testimony, or written record of such an agreement or promise.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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55:1HO, 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.

55:2Wherefore 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.

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55:3Incline 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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55:4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

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