Isaiah 55:9

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts 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 my thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

10For as the rain and the snow descend from heaven, And return not thither, But water the earth, and make it bear and put forth its increase, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater;

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5Thy goodness, O LORD! reacheth to the heavens, And thy faithfulness to the clouds;

Psalms 89:2For I know that thy mercy endureth for ever; Thou hast established thy truth like the heavens.

Psalms 103:11As high as are the heavens above the earth, So great is his mercy to them that fear him.

Romans 11:31so they too have now become disobedient, that they also may obtain mercy through the mercy shown to you.

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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