Jesaja 55:6
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Studiennotiz
Study Note
The imperative 'seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near' introduces an element of urgency and temporal limitation that is rare in prophetic invitations. Rabbinic interpretation linked the 'near' season to the Days of Awe (Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur), shaping Jewish penitential practice. Christian exegetes from Augustine onward have read the verse as a warning against deferred conversion, emphasizing that grace has seasons. Paired with verse 7's call to forsake wicked ways, the verse creates an urgency structure that anticipates New Testament exhortations such as '2 Corinthians 6:2: now is the day of salvation.'
Andere Übersetzungen
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Querverweise
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is …
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and …
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, …
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, …
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely …
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near …
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To …
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.