Isaiah 55:11

so also my word will be that goes from my mouth—it will not return to me empty, 1 but it will achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 1

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In The King James Version

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

In Context

10For as the rain and snow come down from heaven 1 and do not return there unless they saturate the earth 1 and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the farmer who sows and bread to the eater, 1

12For you will go out in joy and be led along peacefully; 1 the mountains and the hills will break out in joyful shouts before you, and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:19Samuel grew up, and Yahweh was with him, and he let none of his prophetic words fall to the ground.

Isaiah 45:23By myself I swear, 1 speaking my just decree, and it will not turn back: 1 'To me every knee will bend, every tongue will swear. 1

Isaiah 54:9For this is like the waters of Noah to me: 1 as I swore that the waters of Noah would never again pass over the earth, 1 so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. 1

Jeremiah 1:12Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to carry it out.”

Jeremiah 25:13Then I will carry out against that land all the words that I had spoken, and everything written in this book that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

Matthew 24:35Heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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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