Isaiah 55:7
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Numbers 14:18The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.
2 Chronicles 15:2And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
2 Chronicles 30:6So runners went with letters from the king and his chiefs through all Israel and Judah, by the order of the king, saying, O children of Israel, come back again to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may come again to that small band of you which has been kept safe out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.
Job 22:23If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;
Psalms 66:18I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:7-13
Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 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… Read the whole commentary →