Isaiah 55:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵“Look! You will call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that does^[a] not know you will run^[b] to you,
because of the Lord your God, even^[c] the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.”

Steps to Reconciliation

⁶“Seek the Lord while he^[d] may be found,
    call upon him while he is near.
⁷Let 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.

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Isaiah 55:5 So 1QIsa^a; MT reads a nation (pl.) that do; LXX reads nations that do
Isaiah 55:5 So 1QIsa^a (sing.); MT LXX (pl.)
Isaiah 55:5 So 1QIsa^a; MT 1QIsa^a corrector read and because of
Isaiah 55:6 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b MT LXX; implied in 4QIsa^c

Isaiah 55:5-7

New International Version

⁵Surely you will summon nations^(A) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,^(B)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(C) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”^(D)

⁶Seek^(E) the Lord while he may be found;^(F)
    call^(G) on him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake^(H) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(I)
Let them turn^(J) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(K) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(L)

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