What you have done so far was a little thing to you, Lord God, for you have also spoken about your servant’s house in the distant future. And this is a revelation for mankind, Lord God.
Isaiah 55:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways.’ This is the Lord’s declaration. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible My plans aren’t your plans, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord. |
What you have done so far was a little thing to you, Lord God, for you have also spoken about your servant’s house in the distant future. And this is a revelation for mankind, Lord God.
But Naaman got angry and left, saying, ‘I was telling myself: He will surely come out, stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the skin disease.
A guilty one’s conduct is crooked, but the behaviour of the innocent is upright.
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.
The Lord of Armies has sworn: As I have purposed, so it will be; as I have planned it, so it will happen.
We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
‘If you avoid desecrating the Sabbath, from doing whatever you want on my holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy day of the Lord honourable; if you honour it, not going your own ways, seeking your own pleasure, or talking business; ,
I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the path that is not good, following their own thoughts.
‘Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.
If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners – can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
But the house of Israel says, “The Lord’s way isn’t fair.” Is it my ways that are unfair, house of Israel? Instead, isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of the heavens, because all his works are true and his ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
Let whoever is wise understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognise them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or his stature because I have rejected him. Humans do not see what the Lord sees, for humans see what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.’