Isaiah 55:6

Seek YHWH while He may be found, || Call Him while He is near,

Literal Standard 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, a nation you do not know, you call, || And a nation who does not know you runs to you, || For the sake of your God YHWH, || And for the Holy One of Israel, || Because He has beautified you.”

7Let the wicked forsake his way, || And the man of iniquity his thoughts, || And he returns to YHWH, || And He pities him, || And to our God, || For He multiplies to pardon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:7For which [is] the great nation that has God [so] near to it, as our God YHWH, in all we have called to Him?

2 Chronicles 19:3but good things have been found with you, for you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.”

Job 8:5If you seek for God early, || And make supplication to the Mighty,

Psalms 27:8My heart said to You, “They sought my face, || Your face, O YHWH, I seek.”

Psalms 34:19Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous, || YHWH delivers him out of them all.

Psalms 95:7For He [is] our God, and we the people of His pasture, || And the flock of His hand, || Today, if you listen to 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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