Isaiah 55:9

“For [as] high [as] the heavens have been above the earth, || So high have been My ways above your ways, || And My thoughts above your thoughts.

Literal Standard Version

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

8“For My thoughts [are] not your thoughts, || Nor your ways My ways,” || A declaration of YHWH,

10For as the shower comes down, || And the snow from the heavens, || And does not return there, || But has watered the earth, || And has caused it to yield, and to spring up, || And has given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5O YHWH, Your kindness [is] in the heavens, || Your faithfulness [is] to the clouds.

Psalms 89:2For I said, “Kindness is built for all time, || The heavens! You establish Your faithfulness in them.”

Psalms 103:11For as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, || His kindness has been mighty over those fearing Him.

Romans 11:31so also these now did not believe, that in your kindness they also may find kindness;

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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