Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 55:8

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah." — Isaiah 55:8 (ASV)

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Oh, what a mercy it is to be taught to think God's thoughts, and to be led in God's ways! It is the entrance into a new life; it is something infinitely beyond the greatest elevation to which any ordinary life can ever reach by its own unaided power.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my way, says the LORD.

"Says the Lord," as if he would not leave the prophet to speak any longer on his behalf; he himself appears upon the scene and speaks: For my thoughts are not your thoughts. No doubt he refers here to the pardon of sin. Our thoughts are narrow. We find it hard to forgive great offenses, to forgive many offenses, to forgive many offenders, to continue completely to forgive—all this is very difficult for humans.

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Says God, as if he would not leave the prophet to speak any longer on his behalf; he himself appears upon the scene, and speaks: For –

My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

No doubt he refers here to the pardon of sin. Our thoughts are narrow; we find it hard to forgive great offenses, to forgive many offenses, to forgive many offenders, to continue completely to forgive—all this is very difficult for people.