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Isaiah 55:3-11
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Isaiah 55:3-11
King James Version
3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
5 Behold, 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.
6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let 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.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith 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 cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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Isaiah 55:3-11
New International Version
Isaiah 55:3-11
New International Version
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen,(A) that you may live.(B)
I will make an everlasting covenant(C) with you,
my faithful love(D) promised to David.(E)
4 See, I have made him a witness(F) to the peoples,
a ruler and commander(G) of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations(H) you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,(I)
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One(J) of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”(K)
6 Seek(L) the Lord while he may be found;(M)
call(N) on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake(O) their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.(P)
Let them turn(Q) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(R) on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(S)
8 “For my thoughts(T) are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”(U)
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,(V)
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.(W)
10 As the rain(X) and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(Y)
so that it yields seed(Z) for the sower and bread for the eater,(AA)
11 so is my word(AB) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(AC)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(AD) for which I sent it.
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