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Isaiah 55:7

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.

KJV

Derelinquat impius viam suam, et vir iniquus cogitationes suas, et revertatur ad Dominum, et miserebitur ejus ; et ad Deum nostrum, quoniam multus est ad ignoscendum.

Vulgate

ἀπολιπέτω ὁ ἀσεβὴς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄνομος τὰς βουλὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστραφήτω ἐπὶ Κύριον, καὶ ἐλεηθήσεται, ὅτι ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀφήσει τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν.

LXX

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

ASV

יַעֲזֹ֤ב רָשָׁע֙ דַּרְכּ֔/וֹ וְ/אִ֥ישׁ אָ֖וֶן מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֑י/ו וְ/יָשֹׁ֤ב אֶל יְהוָה֙ וִֽ/ירַחֲמֵ֔/הוּ וְ/אֶל אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ כִּֽי יַרְבֶּ֥ה לִ/סְלֽוֹחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 45×
מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת
mchshbvt
noun · 56×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
נִסְלַ֥ח
nslch
verb · 47×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. This chapter is a free and universal invitation of the gospel. God offers living water, bread, and wine without money and without price. The everlasting covenant of the sure mercies of David is extended to all peoples. God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts and his ways higher than our ways — the mystery of his grace exc…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 21:13 — And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
  • 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
  • 1Pet 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
  • 1Sam 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the
  • 1Tim 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
  • 1Tim 1:16 — Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
  • 2Chr 7:14 — If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal
  • 2Chr 30:9 — For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gra
  • 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  • 2Cor 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 8:21 — Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
  • Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Col 2:13 — And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
  • Dan 9:9 — To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
  • Eph 1:6 — To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
  • Eph 3:20 — Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
  • Exod 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
  • Ezek 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity
  • Ezek 18:21 — But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  • Ezek 18:27 — Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
  • Ezek 18:27 — Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
  • Ezek 18:31 — Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
  • Ezek 33:11 — Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die,
  • Ezek 33:14 — Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
  • Ezek 33:14 — Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
  • Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Heb 6:17 — Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Hos 14:1 — O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Isa 31:6 — Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
  • Isa 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
  • Isa 40:2 — Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
  • Isa 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
  • Isa 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
  • Isa 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
  • Isa 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.