Isaiah 55:6-9
New Living Translation
6 Seek the Lord while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.
7 Let the wicked change their ways
and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them.
Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.
8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:6-9
International Standard Version
Steps to Reconciliation
6 “Seek the Lord while he[a] may be found,
call upon him while he is near.
7 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.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:6 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; implied in 4QIsac
- Isaiah 55:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks just as
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