Isaiah 55  Legacy Standard Bible

^6 (Q)Seek Yahweh while He may be found;
^(R)Call upon Him while He is near.
^7 (S)Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his ^(T)thoughts;
And let him ^(U)return to Yahweh,
And He will have ^(V)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will ^(W)abundantly pardon.
⁸ “For My thoughts are not ^(X)your thoughts,
Nor are ^(Y)your ways My ways,” declares Yahweh.
⁹ “For ^(Z)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰ For as the ^(AA)rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And giving ^(AB)seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
¹¹ So will My ^(AC)word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will ^(AD)not return to Me empty,
Without ^(AE)accomplishing what pleases Me,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.
¹² For you will go out with ^(AF)gladness
And be led forth with ^(AG)peace;
The ^(AH)mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,
And all the ^(AI)trees of the field will clap their hands.
¹³ Instead of the ^(AJ)thorn bush the ^(AK)cypress will come up,
And instead of the ^(AL)nettle the myrtle will come up,
And ^[c]it will be to Yahweh for His ^[d](AM)renown,
For an everlasting ^(AN)sign which ^(AO)will not be cut off.”