Isaiah 55:6-9
Christian Standard Bible
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call to him while he is near.(A)
7 Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;(B)
let him return to the Lord,
so he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will freely forgive.(C)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 “For as heaven is higher than earth,(D)
so my ways are higher than your ways,
and my thoughts 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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