Isaiah 55:8

Isaiah 55:8

6 ^aSeek the Lord while He may be ^bfound,
Call upon Him while He is near.

7 ^aLet the¹ wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man ^bhis thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
^cAnd He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

8 “For^a My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

9 “For^a as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

10 “For ^aas the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

11 ^aSo shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me¹ void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall ^bprosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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For—referring to Isaiah 55:7. You need not doubt His willingness "abundantly to pardon" (compare Isaiah 55:12); for, though "the wicked" man's "ways," and "the unrighteous man's thoughts," are so aggravated as to seem unpardonable, God's "thoughts" and "ways" in pardoning are not regulated by the proportion of the former, as man's would be towards his fellow man who offended him; compare the "for" (Psalms 25:11; Romans 5:19).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 55:8:**

Genesis 17:18
Deuteronomy 1:39
Psalms 67:2
Isaiah 45:15
Isaiah 55:1
Isaiah 55:9
Hosea 11:9
Micah 4:12
Ephesians 3:10

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