6 aSeek the Lord while He may be found;

bCall upon Him while He is near.

7 aLet 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.