Isaiah 55:6-13 ▼

6 |Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous person his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, So he'll have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he'll pardon abundantly.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,| declares the LORD.

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

10 |For just as the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return there without watering the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, yielding seed for the sower and bread for eating,

11 so will my message be that goes out of my mouth— it won't return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

12 |For you will go out in joy, and come back with peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands.

13 Instead of thornbushes, pine trees will grow, and instead of briers, myrtles will grow; and they will be a sign for the LORD, and an everlasting name that will not be cut off.|