Just Because......the Time is Near

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Is. 55:6    ^aSeek the LORD while He may be found;

^bCall upon Him while He is near.

^{7  a}Let the wicked forsake his way

And the unrighteous man his ^bthoughts;

And let him ^creturn to the LORD,

And He will have ^dcompassion on him,

And to our God,

For He will ^eabundantly pardon.

⁸  “For My thoughts are not ^ayour thoughts,

Nor are ^byour ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

⁹  “For ^aas the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰  “For as the ^arain and the snow come down from heaven,

And do not return there without watering the earth

And making it bear and sprout,

And furnishing ^bseed to the sower and bread to the eater;

¹¹  So will My ^aword be which goes forth from My mouth;

It will ^bnot return to Me empty,

Without ^caccomplishing what I desire,

And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

¹²  “For you will go out with ^ajoy

And be led forth with ^bpeace;

The ^cmountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you,

And all the ^dtrees of the field will clap their hands.

¹³  “Instead of the ^athorn bush the ^bcypress will come up,

And instead of the ^cnettle the myrtle will come up,

And ¹it will be a ^2dmemorial to the LORD,

For an everlasting ^esign which ^fwill not be cut off.”