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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 55, Verse 4

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Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.
King James Version
Behold, I have given him [for] a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
New English Translation
Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”
World English Bible
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
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Behold, thou shalt call a nation [that] thou knowest not, and nations [that] knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
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Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.
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For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap [their] hands.
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign [that] shall not be cut off.
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Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation [is] near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.