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Isaiah 55:8 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Isaiah 55:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Isaiah chapter 55 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”
Isaiah 55:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Isaiah 55:8
This verse establishes the infinite qualitative difference between God's thoughts and human thoughts, God's ways and human ways. The negative assertion ('not...your thoughts...not...your ways') creates stark contrast before the explanation in verse 9. 'Thoughts' (machashavah) encompasses plans, intentions, reasoning, and purposes. 'Ways' (derek) refers to paths, methods, conduct, and courses of action. God declares His mental processes, values, priorities, purposes, and methods fundamentally differ from humanity's. This isn't merely quantitative (God thinks faster or knows more facts) but qual...
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Cross-References for Isaiah 55:8
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“Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.”
“Yahweh”
“that he may understand these things? Who is prudent”
“The way of the Lord is not equal. house of Israel”
“All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.”
“Nebuchadnezzar”
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
“but the conduct of the innocent is upright.”
“and the earth for depth”