5 You will summon a nation that you don’t know,and a nation that doesn’t know you will run to youbecause of the Lord your God,because of the Holy One of Israel.He has honored you.”
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found.Call on him while he is near.
7 Let wicked people abandon their ways.Let evil people abandon their thoughts.Let them return to the Lord,and he will show compassion to them.Let them return to our God,because he will freely forgive them.
8 “My thoughts are not your thoughts,and my ways are not your ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,so my ways are higher than your ways,and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts.”
10 “Rain and snow come down from the sky.They do not go back again until they water the earth.They make it sprout and growso that it produces seed for farmersand food for people to eat.
11 My word, which comes from my mouth, is like the rain and snow.It will not come back to me without results.It will accomplish whatever I wantand achieve whatever I send it to do.”