Isaiah 55:2

Easy To Read Version

Why waste your money on something\par that is not real food?\par Why should you work for something\par that does not really satisfy you?\par Listen very closely to me,\par and you will eat the good food.\par You will enjoy the food\par that satisfies your soul.\par

Cross References

Psalm 22:26

Poor people, come eat and be satisfied. {\cf2\super [134]} \par You people who came looking for the Lord, praise him!\par May your hearts be happy {\cf2\super [135]} forever!\par

Psalm 34:11

Children, listen to me,\par and I will teach you to respect the Lord.\par

Psalm 36:8

Lord, they get new strength\par from the good things in your house.\par You let them drink\par from your wonderful river.\par

Psalm 63:5

I will be satisfied\par as if I had eaten the best foods.\par And with joyful lips\par my mouth will praise you. {\cf2\super [370]} \par

Exodus 15:26

The Lord said, “You must obey the Lord, your God. You must do the things he says are right. If you obey all the Lord’s commands and laws, then you will not be sick like the Egyptians. I, the Lord, will not give you any of the sicknesses I gave the Egyptians. I am the Lord. I am the one who makes you well.”

Proverbs 1:33

But the person who obeys me will live safely. That person will be comfortable. He will not have to be afraid of evil.”

Proverbs 7:23

with a hunter ready to put an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net. He didn’t know the danger he was in.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now, children, listen to me!\par You can be happy too,\par if you follow my ways!\par

Proverbs 9:5

“Come, eat the food of my wisdom. And drink the wine that I have made.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives a person great wealth, riches, and honor. That person has everything he needs and everything he could ever want. But then God does not let that person enjoy those things. Some stranger comes and takes everything. This is a very bad and senseless thing.

Isaiah 1:19

“If you listen to the things I say, then you will have the good things from this land.

Isaiah 10:27

\{Assyria {\cf2\super [125]} will bring troubles to you—those troubles will be like weights you have to carry on\} a pole across your shoulder. But, that pole will be taken off your neck. That pole will be broken by your strength (God).

Isaiah 25:6

At that time, the Lord All-Powerful will give a feast for all the people on this mountain. At the feast, there will be the best foods and wines. The meat will be tender and good.

Isaiah 44:20

That man does not know what he is doing. He is confused, so his heart leads him the wrong way. That man can’t save himself. And he can’t see that he is doing wrong. That man will not say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 46:6

Some people are rich with gold and silver. Gold falls from their purses, and they weigh their silver on scales. Those people pay an artist to make a false god from wood. Then those people bow down and worship that false god.

Isaiah 51:1

“Some of you people try hard to live good lives. You go to the Lord for help. Listen to me. You should look at Abraham your father. He is the rock you were cut from.

Isaiah 51:4

“My people, listen to me!\par My decisions will be like lights\par showing people how to live.\par

Isaiah 51:7

You people that understand goodness\par should listen to me.\par You people that follow my teachings\par should hear the things I say.\par Don’t be afraid of evil people.\par Don’t be afraid of the bad things\par that they say to you.\par

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord made a promise.\par The Lord used his own power as proof.\par And the Lord will use his power\par to keep that promise.\par

Isaiah 62:9

The person that gathers food will eat it,\par and that person will praise the Lord.\par The person that gathers the grapes,\par will drink the wine \{from those grapes\}.\par All these things will happen\par in my holy land.”\par

Isaiah 65:23

Women will never again suffer childbirth\par \{only to have the baby die\}.\par Women will never again be afraid\par of what might happen during childbirth.\par All my people and their children\par will be blessed by the Lord.\par

Jeremiah 12:13

The people will plant wheat,\par but they will harvest only thorns.\par They will work hard until they are very tired,\par but they will get nothing for all their work.\par They will be ashamed of their crop.\par The Lord’s anger caused those things.”\par

Jeremiah 17:24

But you must be careful to obey me.” This message is from the Lord. “You must not bring a load through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath. You must make the Sabbath day a holy day. You will do this by not doing any work on that day.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have done two evil things.\par They turned away from me\par (I am the spring of living water),\par and they dug their own water cisterns.\par (They turned to other gods.)\par But their cisterns are broken.\par Those cisterns can’t hold water.\par

Jeremiah 31:14

I will give the priests plenty of food.\par And my people will be filled and satisfied\par with the good things I give them.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim {\cf2\super [127]} is wasting its time—Israel “chases the wind” all day long. The people tell more and more lies. They steal more and more. They have made agreements with Assyria, and they are carrying their olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 8:7

The Israelites \{did a foolish thing\}—it was like trying to plant the wind. But \{they will get only troubles\}—they will harvest a whirlwind. The grain in the fields will grow. It will give no food. Even if it grew something, strangers would eat it.

Habakkuk 2:13

The Lord All-Powerful has decided that a fire will destroy everything that those people worked to build. All their work will be for nothing.

Matthew 15:9

Their worship of me is for nothing.\par The things they teach are only rules\par that people have made.’”\par \i (Isaiah 29:13)\i0 \par

Matthew 22:4

“Then the king sent some more servants. The king said to the servants, ‘I have already invited those people. So tell them that my feast is ready. I have killed my best bulls and calves to be eaten. Everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.’

Matthew 5:6

What great blessings there are for the people that want to do right more than anything else {\cf2\super [59]} !\par God will fully satisfy them.\par

Mark 7:14

Jesus called the people to him again. He said, “Every person should listen to me and understand what I am saying.

Luke 15:23

Bring our fat calf. We will kill it and have plenty to eat. Then we can have a party!

John 6:27

Earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good always and gives you life forever. The Son of Man {\cf2\super [87]} will give you that food. God the Father showed that he is with the Son of Man.”

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing \{the Good News {\cf2\super [110]} \}. And people hear \{the Good News\} when a person tells them about Christ.

Romans 9:31

And the people of Israel {\cf2\super [96]} tried to follow a law to make themselves right with God. But they did not succeed.

Deuteronomy 11:13

{“The Lord says,} ‘You must listen carefully to the commands I give you today: You must love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul. If you do that, then

Hebrews 13:9

Don’t let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace (kindness), not by obeying rules about foods. Obeying those rules doesn’t help people.