Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”

7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as the LORD our God is whenever we call on him?

2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

Job 8:5If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

Psalms 27:8When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, LORD.”

Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psalms 95:7for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

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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