Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Isaiah
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 55:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 55:6 JFB -> Commentary on 55:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 55:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 55:6 TSK -> Commentary on 55:6 TSK -> Entry for 55:6 WEN -> Notes on 55:6 NTB -> Church; Desire; Jesus, The Christ; Prayer; Repentance; Salvation; Seekers; Sin TTT -> Access to God; Prayer; Procrastination; Repentance; Seeking God EBD -> Prayer TV -> Devotional using 55:6 TV -> Devotional using 55:6 TV -> Devotional using 55:6 55:6 - [In Context] Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 55:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 55:7 JFB -> Commentary on 55:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 55:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 55:7 TSK -> Commentary on 55:7 TSK -> Entry for 55:7 WEN -> Notes on 55:7 NTB -> Church; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Repentance; Salvation; Seekers; Sin TTT -> Conversion; Mercy of God, The; Pardon EBD -> Pardon 55:7 - [In Context] Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 55:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 55:8 JFB -> Commentary on 55:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 55:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 55:8 TSK -> Commentary on 55:8 TSK -> Entry for 55:8 WEN -> Notes on 55:8 NTB -> Church; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ TV -> Devotional using 55:8 TV -> Devotional using 55:8 55:8 - [In Context] "My thoughts are completely different from yours," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 55:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 55:9 JFB -> Commentary on 55:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 55:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 55:9 TSK -> Commentary on 55:9 TSK -> Entry for 55:9 WEN -> Notes on 55:9 NTB -> Church; God; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ TV -> Devotional using 55:9 TV -> Devotional using 55:9 55:9 - [In Context] For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 55:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 55:10 JFB -> Commentary on 55:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 55:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 55:10 TSK -> Commentary on 55:10 TSK -> Entry for 55:10 WEN -> Notes on 55:10 NTB -> Church; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Word Of God TTT -> Bread; Rain; Seed 55:10 - [In Context] "The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 55:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 55:11 JFB -> Commentary on 55:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 55:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 55:11 TSK -> Commentary on 55:11 TSK -> Entry for 55:11 WEN -> Notes on 55:11 NTB -> Church; Jesus, The Christ; Word Of God TTT -> Rain 55:11 - [In Context] It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.