Isaiah 55:8

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

In Context

7Let 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

9For as Shomayim is higher than ha'aretz, 1 so are the darkhei of Me higher than the darkhei of you, 1 and My machshevot than your machshevot. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:7But Hashem said unto Shmuel, Look not on his mareh (appearance), or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for Hashem seeth not as HaAdam seeth; for HaAdam looketh at the einayim (eyes, outward form); Hashem looketh at the lev.

2 Kings 5:11But Na'aman was in wrath, and went away, and said, Hinei, I thought that he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the Shem Hashem Elohav, and wave his yad over the makom, and give recovery from the metzorah (leprosy, leprous area).

Psalms 25:10[Kaph] All the paths of Hashem are chesed and emes 1 unto such as keep His Brit (covenant) and His Edot 1 (covenant demands, urgings, reminders, testimonies). 1

Psalms 92:5For Thou, Hashem, hast made me glad through Thy work; 1 I will joy in the works of Thy hands. 1

Proverbs 25:3The Shomayim for height, and Eretz for depth, 1 so the lev melachim is unsearchable. 1

Jeremiah 3:1They say: 1 If an ish put away [in divorce] his isha, 1 and she go from him, 1 and become another manʼs, 1 shall he return unto her again? 1 Shall not that eretz be defiled and greatly polluted? 1 But thou hast played the zonah with re'im rabbim (many lovers); 1 yet shuv (turn) to Me, saith Hashem. 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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