Isaiah 55:6-9
Evangelical Heritage Version
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found!
Call on him while he is near!
7 Let the wicked man abandon his way.
Let an evil man abandon his thoughts.
Let him turn to the Lord,
and he will show him mercy.
Let him turn to our God,
because he will abundantly pardon.
8 Certainly my plans are not your plans,
and your ways are not my ways, declares the Lord.
9 Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways,
and my plans are higher than your plans.
Isaiah 55:6-9
Lexham English Bible
6 Seek Yahweh while he lets himself be found;[a]
call him while he is[b] near.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the man of sin his thoughts.
And let him return to Yahweh, that[c] he may take pity on him,
and to our God, for he will forgive manifold.[d]
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways,”
declares[e] Yahweh.
9 “For as the heavens are higher[f] than the earth,
so my ways are higher[g] than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:6 Literally “in his letting himself be found”
- Isaiah 55:6 Literally “in his being”
- Isaiah 55:7 Or “and”
- Isaiah 55:7 Literally “make numerous to”
- Isaiah 55:8 Literally “declaration of”
- Isaiah 55:9 Literally “high”
- Isaiah 55:9 Literally “high”
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