3 Pay attention and come to me!Listen, so you can live!Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you,just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
4 Look, I made him a witness to nations,a ruler and commander of nations.”
5 Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know;nations that did not previously know you will run to you,because of the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel,for he bestows honor on you.
6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available;call to him while he is nearby!
7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyleand sinful people their plans.They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them,and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
8 “Indeed, my plans are not like your plans,and my deeds are not like your deeds,
9 for just as the sky is higher than the earth,so my deeds are superior to your deedsand my plans superior to your plans.