Isaiah 55:9

For as (the) heavens be raised (up) from (the) earth, so my ways be raised (up) from your ways, and my thoughts from your thoughts.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 why my thoughts be not your thoughts, and my ways be not your ways, saith the Lord.

10And as rain and snow cometh down from (the) heaven (s), and turneth no more again thither, but it filleth, or maketh moist, the earth, and besheddeth it, and maketh it to burgeon, and giveth seed to him that soweth, and bread to him that eateth,

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Cross References

Psalms 36:5Lord, thy mercy is in heaven; and thy truth is unto [the] clouds. (Lord, thy love reacheth up to the heavens; and thy faithfulness up to the clouds.)

Psalms 89:2For thou saidest, [Into] Without end mercy shall be builded in heavens; thy truth shall be made ready in those. (For thy love shall last forever; thy faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.)

Psalms 103:11For by the highness of heaven from earth; he made strong his mercy on men dreading him. (For as high as the heavens be above the earth, is how strong his love is, for those who fear him or for those who revere him.)

Romans 11:31so and these now believed not into your mercy, (so) that also they get 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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