OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 7

Isaiah 55:7

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Let the wicked forsake his way,

and the unrighteous man his thoughts.

Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,

to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Isaiah 55:7 in context

Isaiah 55:4–10

4

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples,

a leader and commander to the peoples.

5

Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know;

and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you,

because of the LORD your God,

and for the Holy One of Israel;

for he has glorified you.”

6

Seek the LORD while he may be found.

Call on him while he is near.

7
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Let the wicked forsake his way,

and the unrighteous man his thoughts.

Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,

to our God, for he will freely pardon.

8

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.

9

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10

For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky,

and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth,

and makes it grow and bud,

and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

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