5 Surely you will summon nations you know not,and nations you do not know will come running to you,because of the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel,for he has endowed you with splendour.’
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their waysand the unrighteous their thoughts.Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8 ‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways,’declares the Lord.
9 ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snowcome down from heaven,and do not return to itwithout watering the earthand making it bud and flourish,so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:it will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desireand achieve the purpose for which I sent it.