⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(A)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(B)
10 As the rain^(C) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(D)
    so that it yields seed^(E) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(F)
11 so is my word^(G) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(H)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(I) for which I sent it.