Isaiah 55:7

Let the rasha forsake his derech, 1 and the ish aven his machshevot; 1 and let him return unto Hashem, 1 and He will have rachamim upon him; 1 and to Eloheinu, for He will abundantly pardon. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Seek ye Hashem while He may be found, 1 call ye upon Him while He is karov (near); 1

8For My machshevot are not your machshevot, 1 neither are the darkhei (ways) of you the darkhei of Me, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha'aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually. + 6:5 Ro 7:18

Numbers 14:18Hashem is slow of anger, and of rav chesed, forgiving avon and peysha, and by no means exonerating the guilty, visiting the avon of the avot upon the banim unto the third and fourth generation.

2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and kol Yehudah and Binyamin. Hashem is with you, while ye be with Him; if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 30:6So the runners went with the iggerot from HaMelech and his sarim throughout kol Yisroel and Yehudah, and according to the commandment of HaMelech, saying, Ye Bnei Yisroel, shuvu (turn, return) unto Hashem Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yisroel, and He will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the yad of the Kings of Assyria.

Job 22:23If thou return to Shaddai, 1 thou shalt be restored; 1 if thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy ohalim; 1

Psalms 66:18If I regard avon (iniquity, sin) in my lev, 1 Adonoi will not hear me; 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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