6?Seek?the?Lord?while he may be found;
????call?on him while he is near.
7?Let the wicked forsake?their ways
????and 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 ways
????and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10?As the rain?and the snow
????come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
????without watering the earth
and 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 desire
????and achieve the purpose?for which I sent it.
12?You will go out in joy
????and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
????will burst into song?before you,
and all the trees?of the field
????will clap their hands.
13?Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
????and instead of briers?the myrtle?will grow.
This will be for the?Lord’s renown,
????for an everlasting sign,
????that will endure forever.”