Isaiah 55:6

Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call on him while he is nearby. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

In Context

5Look, you will call to a nation that you did not know; and a nation that did not know you will run to you 1 because of Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.” 1

7Let the wicked leave his path, and the man of sin his thoughts. 1 Let him return to Yahweh, and he will pity him, and to our God, who will abundantly forgive him. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:7For what other great nation is there that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call upon him?

2 Chronicles 19:3However, there is some good to be found in you, in that you have taken the Asherah poles out of the land, and you have fixed your heart to seek God.”

Job 8:5But suppose you diligently sought God 1 and presented your request to the Almighty. 1

Psalms 27:8My heart says about you, 1 “Seek his face!” I seek your face, Yahweh! 1

Psalms 34:19Many are the troubles of the righteous, 1 but Yahweh delivers them out of them all. 1

Psalms 95:7For he is our God, 1 and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. 1 Today—oh, that you would hear his voice! 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 55:2-6

Evangelical Invitations. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting… Read the whole commentary →

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