Isaiah 55:5

New International Version

⁵Surely you will summon nations^(A) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,^(B)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(C) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”^(D)

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Isaiah 55:3-9

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³Give ear and come to me;
    listen,^(A) that you may live.^(B)
I will make an everlasting covenant^(C) with you,
    my faithful love^(D) promised to David.^(E)
⁴See, I have made him a witness^(F) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander^(G) of the peoples.
⁵Surely you will summon nations^(H) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,^(I)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(J) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”^(K)

⁶Seek^(L) the Lord while he may be found;^(M)
    call^(N) on him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake^(O) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(P)
Let them turn^(Q) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(R) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(S)

⁸“For my thoughts^(T) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(U)
declares the Lord.
⁹“As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(V)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(W)