Isaiah 55:7

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“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.”

— WEB

“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

“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

Cross-references

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Proverbs 28:13 "He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy."
James 4:8-10 "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded."
Ezekiel 18:21-23 "“But if the wicked turns from all his sins that he has committed, and keeps all my statutes, and does that which is lawful and right, he …"
Isaiah 44:22 "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you."
Luke 15:10 "Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”"
Jonah 3:10 "God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t …"
Isaiah 43:25 "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins."
Ezekiel 33:14-16 "Again, when I say to the wicked, “You will surely die;” if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right;"

Commentary

unrighteous--Hebrew, "man of iniquity"; true of all men. The "wicked" sins more openly in "his way"; the "unrighteous" refers to the more subtle workings of sin in the "thoughts." All are guilty in the latter respect, thought many fancy themselves safe, because not openly "wicked in ways" (Psa 94:11). The parallelism is that of gradation. The progress of the penitent is to be from negative reformation, "forsaking his way," and a farther step, "his thoughts," to positive repentance, "returning to the Lord" (the only true repentance, Zac 12:10), and making God his God, along with the other children of God (the crowning point; appropriation of God to ourselves: "to our God"). "Return" implies that man originally walked with God, but has apostatized. Isaiah saith, "our God," the God of the believing Israelites; those themselves redeemed desire others to come to their God (Psa 34:8; Rev 22:17). abundantly pardon--Literally, "multiply to pardon," still more than "have mercy"; God's graciousness is felt more and more the longer one knows Him (Psa 130:7).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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