Isaiah

Isaiah 55:3

³Incline your ear and come to Me;

listen, so that your soul may live.

I will make with you an everlasting covenant —

My loving devotion promised to David.^a

Footnotes

a 55:3 Cited in Acts 13:34|ACT 13:34

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Incline	הַטּ֤וּ	haṭ·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
your ear	אָזְנְכֶם֙	’ā·zə·nə·ḵem	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H241 ear
and come	וּלְכ֣וּ	ū·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to Me	אֵלַ֔י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
listen	שִׁמְע֖וּ	šim·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8085 hear
so that your soul	נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם	nap̄·šə·ḵem	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
may live	וּתְחִ֣י	ū·ṯə·ḥî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular	H2421 live
I will make	וְאֶכְרְתָ֤ה	wə·’eḵ·rə·ṯāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
with you	לָכֶם֙	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
an everlasting	עוֹלָ֔ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
covenant	בְּרִ֣ית	bə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1285 covenant
My loving devotion	חַֽסְדֵ֥י	ḥas·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2617 goodness, kindness
promised	הַנֶּאֱמָנִֽים׃	han·ne·’ĕ·mā·nîm	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H539 confirm, support
to David	דָוִ֖ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 32:40 · Matthew 11:28 · Proverbs 4:20 · John 10:27 · Acts 13:34 · Genesis 17:7 · Isaiah 61:8 · John 6:37 · Psalm 78:1 · John 5:24–25 · Psalm 89:28 · Isaiah 54:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.