6. Seek the Lord while He may be found;call to Him while He is near.
7. Let the wicked one abandon his wayand the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the Lord,so He may have compassion on him,and to our God, for He will freely forgive.
8. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,and your ways are not My ways.”This is the Lord’s declaration.
9. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways,and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10. For just as rain and snow fall from heavenand do not return therewithout saturating the earthand making it germinate and sprout,and providing seed to sowand food to eat,