Isaiah 55:6-11

New American Standard Bible

^6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
^(B)Call upon Him while He is near.
^7 (C)Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his ^(D)thoughts;
And let him ^(E)return to the Lord,
And He will have ^(F)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will ^(G)abundantly pardon.
⁸ “For My thoughts are not ^(H)your thoughts,
Nor are ^(I)your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
⁹ “For ^(J)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰ For as the ^(K)rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it produce and sprout,
And providing ^(L)seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
¹¹ So will My ^(M)word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will ^(N)not return to Me empty,
Without ^(O)accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.