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As I made him a witness to peoples,
    a leader and commander of peoples,
So shall you summon a nation you knew not,
    and a nation[a] that knew you not shall run to you,
Because of the Lord, your God,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has glorified you.(A)

[b]Seek the Lord while he may be found,
    call upon him while he is near.

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Footnotes

  1. 55:5 The “nation” is Persia under Cyrus, but the perspective is worldwide.
  2. 55:6–9 The invitation to seek the Lord is motivated by the mercy of a God whose “ways” are completely mysterious.

See, I have made him a witness(A) to the peoples,
    a ruler and commander(B) of the peoples.
Surely you will summon nations(C) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,(D)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(E) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”(F)

Seek(G) the Lord while he may be found;(H)
    call(I) on him while he is near.

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