Isaiah 55:9

In the same way the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

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In The King James Version

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

In Context

8For your thoughts are not my thoughts; and your ways are not my ways, declares the Lord.

10It's like the rain and snow that fall from heaven. They don't go back there until they've watered the earth, making plants grow and flower, providing seeds for the sower and food to eat.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5Lord, your faithful love reaches to the heavens, your trustworthiness to the clouds.

Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Your unfailing love lasts forever; your faithfulness endures as long as the heavens.”

Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth is the extent of his trustworthy love to those who honor him.

Romans 11:31In just the same way that they're now disobedient as you were, they will also be shown mercy like you received.

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 →

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