TSK · Isaiah 55:2

Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the LORD your God and serve him with all your mind and being,

Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the LORD.

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!

Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!

I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”

Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.

and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

Then he called the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it.

Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.