Isaiah 55:9

For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

In Context

8For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord.

10Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth vnto the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes.

Psalms 89:2For I said, Mercie shalbe set vp for euer: thy trueth shalt thou stablish in ye very heauens.

Psalms 103:11For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.

Romans 11:31Euen so nowe haue they not beleeued by the mercie shewed vnto you, that they also may obtaine mercie.

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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