Verse 6
The Lord had reached out to humanity by promising free salvation through His prophet. The listeners needed to respond to Him because those promises would not always be available to them.
"We could translate while he may be found as ’while he permits himself to be found’ (tolerative niphal), indicating a divinely determined day of grace and salvation." [Note: Motyer, p. 456.]
"God cannot be found at any time but only when He desires to be found. What is implied is that the present, when these commands are given, is the time of salvation. The thought is similar to that expressed in 2 Corinthians 6:2 and John 12:35." [Note: Young, 3:380.]
Seeking and calling on the Lord represent reaching out to Him in faith (cf. Acts 2:21; Acts 15:17; Acts 17:27; Acts 22:16; Romans 3:11; Romans 10:14; 2 Timothy 2:22). This is necessary because there is no peace for the wicked (Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 57:21).
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