Isaiah 55:6

Seek ye LORD while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

In Context

5Behold, thou shall call a nation that thou do not know. And a nation that does not know thee shall run to thee because of LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified thee.

7Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them, as LORD our God is whenever we call upon him?

2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set thy heart to seek God.

Job 8:5if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

Psalms 27:8My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.

Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psalms 95:7For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, O that ye would hear his voice!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:2-6

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting… Read the whole commentary →

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