Isaiah 55:6-7
King James Version
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4Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.Select Isaiah 55:4
5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.Select Isaiah 55:5
6Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Select Isaiah 55:6
7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.Select Isaiah 55:7
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.Select Isaiah 55:8
9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.Select Isaiah 55:9
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55:6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
ASV
55:6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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