Isaiah 55:6-9
New King James Version
6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
8 “For(F) My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9 “For(G) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
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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