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.
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Study Note
Placed within Isaiah's great invitation chapter, this verse announces that genuine return to God involves both behavioral change ('forsake his way') and inward transformation ('the unrighteous man his thoughts'). The twin promises of mercy and pardon are intensified by the comparative clause in verse 9 — God's forgiveness exceeds human categories just as heavens exceed earth. The verse stands as one of the most explicit Old Testament invitations to repentance, and its parallel with New Testament calls to conversion (Acts 3:19; Luke 15) illustrates why it became a favorite in evangelical preaching and missionary contexts.
Andere Übersetzungen
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.
Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
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And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant …
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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall …
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I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.