Isaiah 55:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
Isaiah 55:7
English Standard Version
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:8
English Standard Version
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
Isaiah 55:9
English Standard Version
9 (A)For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:10
English Standard Version
10 (A)“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
(B)giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
Isaiah 55:11
English Standard Version
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but (A)it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
Isaiah 55:12
English Standard Version
12 (A)“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
(B)the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
Bible Gateway Recommends








