Isaiah 55:9

But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.

10For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food:

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5Disclose thy way to the Lord, 1 And hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 1

Psalms 89:2Before the mountains existed, 1 And before the earth and the world were formed, 1 Even from age to age, thou art. 1

Psalms 103:11They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: 1 The wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst. 1

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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