Today’s Scripture:

“Hey,[a] all who are thirsty, come to the water!You who have no money, come!Buy and eat!Come! Buy wine and milkwithout money and without cost.[b]2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?[c]Why spend[d] your hard-earned money[e] on something that will not satisfy?Listen carefully[f] to me and eat what is nourishing![g]Enjoy fine food.[h]3 Pay attention and come to me.Listen, so you can live.[i]Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to[j] you,just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.[k]4 Look, I made him a witness to nations,[l]a ruler and commander of nations.”5 Look, you will summon nations[m] you did not previously know;nations[n] that did not previously know you will run to you,because of the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel,[o]for he bestows honor on you.6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available;[p]call to him while he is nearby!7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle[q]and sinful people their plans.[r]They should return[s] to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them,[t]and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.[u]8 “Indeed,[v] my plans[w] are not like[x] your plans,and my deeds[y] are not like[z] your deeds,” says the Lord,9 “for just as the sky[