Isaiah 55:9

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

Revised Version 1895

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 thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

10For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, and giveth seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

Psalms 89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalms 103:11For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

Romans 11:31even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shewn to you they also may now obtain mercy.

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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