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10 “For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven,
    and do not return there without watering the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
    yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating,[a]
11 so will my message be that goes out of my mouth—
    it won’t return to me empty.
Instead, it will accomplish what I desire,
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

12 “For you will go out in joy,
    and come back[b] with peace;
the mountains and the hills
    will burst into song before you,
        and all the trees in[c] the fields[d] will clap their hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads for the eater
  2. Isaiah 55:12 So 1QIsaa. MT reads and be led back cf. LXX
  3. Isaiah 55:12 Or of
  4. Isaiah 55:12 Or orchards

10 As the rain(A) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(B)
    so that it yields seed(C) for the sower and bread for the eater,(D)
11 so is my word(E) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,(F)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose(G) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(H)
    and be led forth in peace;(I)
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song(J) before you,
and all the trees(K) of the field
    will clap their hands.(L)

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