Isaiah 55:7

Isaiah 55:7. Let the wicked forsake his way, -

It is a bad way, it is a downward way, it is a way that will end in destruction; do not follow it any longer: "Let the wicked forsake his way,"-

Isaiah 55:7. And the unrighteous man his thoughts:

"Thoughts!" says one, "we shall not be hanged for our thoughts." Oh, but you may be damned for your thoughts! No man has really forsaken the way of wickedness until he hates the very thought of wickedness. If your thoughts run after evil, your tongues will soon utter evil, and your hands will soon do evil.

Isaiah 55:7. And let him return -

He is like one who has wandered from his father’s house: "let him return." He is like the dove that flew away from Noah’s ark, and was ready to faint: "let him return" -

Isaiah 55:7. Unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

What a blessed word "abundantly" is here! Abundant pardon to cover abundant sin, abundant provocation, abundant rejection of his Word!