Isaiah 55:8

Translations

Modern

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Traditional

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

Literal

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways,” a declaration of YHWH.

Latin

Non enim cogitationes meæ cogitationes vestræ, neque viæ vestræ viæ meæ, dicit Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Notes

Isaiah 55:8–9

My thoughts are not your thoughts: God's plans are wonderful (Psalm 92:5; compare Psalm 94:11). God's creations, including humans, cannot fully understand the Creator's thoughts. However, his messengers reveal insights and knowledge about some of his actions.

Isaiah 55:6–9

The prophet calls for a response while the time is right.

Isaiah 55:1–13

This final chapter of the prophecies of comfort (Isaiah 40–55) summarizes the section’s main themes:

Blessing
Covenant
Witness
Word
Nations
Glory
Forgiveness
Joy

Isaiah 54:1–55:13

This is an invitation to participate in the restoration to God’s favor made possible through the ministry of the promised servant.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Inscrutable Purposes in History God’s Servant Human Confusion and God’s Purpose Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Psalm 92:5
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
Psalm 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
Psalm 25:10
All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
Ezekiel 18:29
Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Proverbs 21:8
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Proverbs 25:3
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

Glossary

God, Being and Attributes of Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Conformity Evil in the World God: Incomprehensible God: Mercy of God: Unsearchable Human Nature Jesus, the Christ: Unclassified Prophecies Concerning the Kingdom of Knowing the Future Moving Forward Plans for the Future Psychology Questioning God Transcendence

Isaiah 55:8

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