11 “And aof whom have you been afraid, or feared,
That you have lied
And not remembered Me,
Nor taken it to your heart?
Is it not because bI have held My peace from of old
That you do not fear Me?
That you have lied
And not remembered Me,
Nor taken it to your heart?
Is it not because bI have held My peace from of old
That you do not fear Me?
13 When you cry out,
Let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will carry them all away,
A breath will take them.
But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land,
And shall inherit My holy mountain.”
Let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will carry them all away,
A breath will take them.
But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land,
And shall inherit My holy mountain.”
Healing for the Backslider
14 And one shall say,
a“Heap it up! Heap it up!
Prepare the way,
Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
a“Heap it up! Heap it up!
Prepare the way,
Take the stumbling block out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, awhose name is Holy:
b“I dwell in the high and holy place,
cWith him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
dTo revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Who inhabits eternity, awhose name is Holy:
b“I dwell in the high and holy place,
cWith him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
dTo revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 aFor I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls bwhich I have made.
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls bwhich I have made.
17 For the iniquity of ahis covetousness
I was angry and struck him;
bI hid and was angry,
cAnd he went on1 backsliding in the way of his heart.
I was angry and struck him;
bI hid and was angry,
cAnd he went on1 backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and awill heal him;
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to bhis mourners.
I will also lead him,
And restore comforts to him
And to bhis mourners.
19 “I create athe fruit of the lips:
Peace, peace bto him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
Peace, peace bto him who is far off and to him who is near,”
Says the Lord,
“And I will heal him.”
20 aBut the wicked are like the troubled sea,
When it cannot rest,
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
When it cannot rest,
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21 “Therea is no peace,”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”
Says my God, “for the wicked.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Isaiah 57:13.
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