Isaiah 55:9

כִּֽי ־ גָבְהוּ שָׁמַיִם מֵאָרֶץ כֵּן גָּבְהוּ דְרָכַי מִדַּרְכֵיכֶם וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַי מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

8כִּי לֹא מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם וְלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם דְּרָכָי נְאֻם יְהוָֽה ׃

10כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵרֵד הַגֶּשֶׁם וְהַשֶּׁלֶג מִן ־ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְשָׁמָּה לֹא יָשׁוּב כִּי אִם ־ הִרְוָה אֶת ־ הָאָרֶץ וְהוֹלִידָהּ וְהִצְמִיחָהּ וְנָתַן זֶרַע לַזֹּרֵעַ וְלֶחֶם לָאֹכֵֽל ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5אָוֶן ׀ יַחְשֹׁב עַֽל ־ מִשְׁכָּבוֹ יִתְיַצֵּב עַל ־ דֶּרֶךְ לֹא ־ טוֹב רָע לֹא יִמְאָֽס ׃

Psalms 89:2חַֽסְדֵי יְהוָה עוֹלָם אָשִׁירָה לְדֹר וָדֹר ׀ אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִֽי ׃

Psalms 103:11כִּי כִגְבֹהַּ שָׁמַיִם עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ גָּבַר חַסְדּוֹ עַל ־ יְרֵאָֽיו ׃

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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