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NEW SOBER version......Invitation to the Thirsty,

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Invitation to the Thirsty
<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:1 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">"Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:2 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:3 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:4 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander of the peoples. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:5 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Surely you will summon nations you know not, and nations that do not know you will hasten to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor." </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:6 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:7 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD , and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:8 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD . (Pro 20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? )</TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:9 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:10 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:11 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:12 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 55:13 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the LORD's renown, for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Salvation for Others
<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:1 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">This is what the LORD says: "Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:2 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">Blessed is the man who does, the man who holds Their burnt offerings fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil or any sacrifices, will be accepted on my altar. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:3 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Let no foreigner who has bound himself to the LORD say, "The LORD will surely exclude me from his people." And let not any eunuch(gender bender) complain, "I am only a dry tree." </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:4 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">For this is what the LORD says: "To the eunuchs(gender bender) who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me and hold fast to my covenant- </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:5 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">to them I will give within my temple and its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:6 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD , and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant- </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:7 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:8 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">The Sovereign LORD declares- he who gathers the exiles of Israel: "I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
God's Accusation Against the Wicked
<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:9 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest! </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:10 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">Israel's watchmen are blind, they all lack knowledge(Israel's watchmen Joshua 24:10 [kjv]But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. who said not hearken unto Balaam who is blind, number 24:15 Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: ); they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they lie around and dream, they love to sleep. <TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>彼后2Peter[/SIZE] 2:16 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">他却为自己的过犯受了责备;那不能说话的驴,以人言拦阻先知的狂妄。
[kjv]But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb *** speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. who said not hearken unto Balaam who is blind,

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:11 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, each seeks his own gain. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 56:12 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">"Come," each one cries, "let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></B>
sorry I'm chinese watchmen,maybe I'm lie around and dream, but I don't love to sleep and I'm not blind nor lack knowledge of wisdom
to understand it all please go to check The greatest wealth of my life and all my posts.......just don't want you to miss some understanding.

telling you the truth from my lord.Amen
 
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<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>彼前Peter 1:12 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">他们得了启示,知道他们所传讲的一切事(“传讲”原文作“服事”),不是为自己,乃是为你们。那靠着从天上差来的圣灵传福音给你们的人,现在将这些事报给你们;天使也愿意详细察看这些事。
[kjv]Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.






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<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Joh 21:16 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, feed my sheep. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Joh 21:17 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, feed my sheep. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>1Pe 2:25 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
[cuv]你们从前好象迷路的羊,如今却归到你们灵魂的牧人监督了。






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<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Joh 21:17 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
[cuv]第三次对他说:“约翰的儿子西门,你爱我吗?”彼得因为耶稣第三次对他说:“你爱我吗?”就忧愁,对耶稣说:“主啊,你是无所不知的,你知道我爱你。”耶稣说:“你喂养我的羊。






</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Joh 10:27 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
[cuv]我的羊听我的声音,我也认识他们,他们也跟着我。






</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Joh 10:16 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
[cuv]我另外有羊,不是这圈里的;我必须领他们来,他们也要听我的声音,并且要合成一群,归一个牧人了。






</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Joh 10:14 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
[cuv]我是好牧人;我认识我的羊,我的羊也认识我,






</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Joh 10:15 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
[cuv]正如父认识我,我也认识父一样;并且我为羊舍命。






</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Joh 10:26 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
[cuv]只是你们不信,因为你们不是我的羊。






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REMBER Jesus saith unto PETER, feed my sheep

<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Mat 10:16 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
[cuv]“我差你们去,如同羊进入狼群;所以你们要灵巧象蛇,驯良象鸽子。




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And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>箴 1:7 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">敬畏耶和华是知识的开端;愚妄人藐视智慧和训诲。
[kjv]The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.



</TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>箴 1:29 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">因为你们恨恶知识,不喜爱敬畏耶和华;
[kjv]For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:



</TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>赛 11:2 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">耶和华的灵必住在他身上;就是使他有智慧和聪明的灵,谋略和能力的灵、知识敬畏耶和华的灵。
[kjv]And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;



</TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>赛 33:6 </TD><TD class=row2 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">你一生一世必得安稳,有丰盛的救恩,并智慧和知识;你以敬畏耶和华为至宝。
[kjv]And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.



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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge
Numbers - 民数记 23:26
niv:Balaam answered, "Did I not tell you I must do whatever the LORD says?" ( Balaam's Third Oracle )
kjv:But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
amp:But Balaam answered Balak, Did I not say to you, All the Lord speaks, that I must do?
asv:But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?
nasb:But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'Whatever the LORD speaks, that I must do'?"
esv:"But Balaam answered Balak, ""Did I not tell you, 'All that the LORD says, that I must do'?"""



but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Israel's watchmen Joshua24:10 [kjv]But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.


Numbers - 22:18
kjv:And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. (Isaiah 43:11-12)

Micah - 6:5
kjv:O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
niv:My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD ."
amp:O My people, [earnestly] remember now what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember what the Lord did for you] from [1]Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous and saving acts of the Lord.(1)
asv:O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
nasb:"My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled And what Balaam son of Beor answered him, {And} from Shittim to Gilgal, So that you might know the righteous acts of the LORD."
esv:"O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the LORD."""
 
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I'm warning floks who don't have a contrite heart to the hard heart
<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:13 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But the man who makes me his refuge will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain." </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:14 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people." </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:15 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">For this is what the high and lofty One says- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:16 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me- the breath of man that I have created. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:17 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:18 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him, </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:19 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD . "And I will heal them." </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:20 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Isa 57:21 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Comfort for the Contrite

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)
 
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Honour the LORD

<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:9 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:10 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:11 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:12 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:13 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:14 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:15 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>箴Proverbs 7:4 </TD><TD class=row1 style="FONT-SIZE: 14px" width="99%">对智慧说,你是我的姊妹,称呼聪明为你的亲人
[kjv]Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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<TABLE class=forumline cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=4 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:1 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">My son, forget not my law(with firstfruits of all thine wisdom increase ); but let thine heart keep my commandments: </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:2 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:3 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:4 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:5 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:6 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row1 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:7 </TD><TD class=row1 width="99%">Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. </TD></TR><TR><TD class=row2 noWrap height=25>Pro 3:8 </TD><TD class=row2 width="99%">It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
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