🕊️WEB · Isaiah 55:5
What does Isaiah 55:5 mean?
"Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”"
— Isaiah 55:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.
Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
Behold, you shall call a nation that you don’t know; and a nation that didn’t know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.”
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh.
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Biblical perspective
What does 555 mean in the Bible?
The number 555 has no specific meaning in Scripture. The Bible does speak extensively about change, transition, and trusting God through seasons of uncertainty — which is often what people are really asking about.
Isaiah 55:8-9 is a passage about God's ways being higher than human understanding — a much more grounded answer to the question of what's coming next.
Isaiah 55:8
"'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,' says Yahweh."
Proverbs 3:5
"Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding."
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