Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)

“For my thoughts(I) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(J)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(K)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(L)

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Steps to Reconciliation

“Seek the Lord while he[a] may be found,
    call upon him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way,
    and the unrighteous person his thoughts.
Let him return to the Lord,
    So he’ll have mercy upon him,
and to our God,
    for he’ll pardon abundantly.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    nor are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
“For just as[b] the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways,
        and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 55:6 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; implied in 4QIsac
  2. Isaiah 55:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks just as