Isaiah 55:7
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Let 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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חֵסֵד
chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
שָׁרַץ
shârats
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
Key Terms in This Verse
מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →חֵסֵד chêçêd
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
Study H2617 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal...
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, ...
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
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