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Isaiah 55:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Let 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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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts” at Isaiah 55:7 as a specific part of “Returning, Pardon, Effective Word, and Joy Complete the Invitation.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 55:6–13
Read Isaiah 55:7 with 55:6–13. By itself, “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Seeking and forsaking wicked ways lead to abundant pardon; higher divine purpose, rain-like effective speech, exodus joy, and transformed vegetation close chapters 40-55.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Isaiah 55:6–13. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts” at Isaiah 55:7 as a specific part of “Returning, Pardon, Effective Word, and Joy Complete the Invitation.” The literary form and this limit govern it: Returning, Pardon, Effective Word, and Joy Complete the Invitation does not authorize prosperity promises, instant cure, minimizing trauma, or claiming one modern return exhausts exilic hope.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 55:6–13 — Returning, Pardon, Effective Word, and Joy Complete the InvitationSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 55:6–13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 55:6–13 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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