Isaiah 55:7

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

8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5Yahweh saw that the wickedness of mankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Numbers 14:18'Yahweh is slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness. He forgives iniquity and transgression. He will by no means clear the guilty when he brings the punishment of the ancestors' sin on their descendants, to the third and fourth generation.'

2 Chronicles 15:2He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

2 Chronicles 30:6So couriers went with the letters from the king and his leaders throughout all Israel and Judah, by the command of the king. They said, “You people of Israel, turn back to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that he may turn back to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, 1 if you put unrighteousness far away from your tents. 1

Psalms 66:18If I had seen sin within my heart, 1 the Lord would not have listened to 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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