Isaiah 57:18

Isaiah 57:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
• New International Version (NIV)I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners,
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his mourners.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them. I will comfort those who mourn,

Context of Isaiah 57:18

16For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made. 17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry, I struck him; I hid my face and was angry, but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, 19creating the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him. 20But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

Isaiah 57:18 word by word

דְּרָכָ֥יו רָאִ֖יתִי וְאֶרְפָּאֵ֑הוּ וְאַנְחֵ֕הוּ וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֧ם נִֽחֻמִ֛ים ל֖וֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• his waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• and will healרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• him: I will leadנָחָהnâchâh · to leadH5148
• him also, and restoreשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• comfortsנִחוּםnichûm nichûm · comfortH5150
• unto him and to his mournersאָבֵל'âbêl · mourningH57

Cross-references for Isaiah 57:18

• Isaiah 1:18"Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
• Isaiah 43:24You have not bought me sweet cane with money, or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
• Isaiah 48:8You have never heard, you have never known, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and that from before birth you were called a rebel.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the Lord my God.
• Ezekiel 16:60yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.
• Ezekiel 36:22"Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
• Luke 15:20And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
• Romans 5:20Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
• Jeremiah 3:22"Return, O faithless sons; I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to you, for you are the Lord our God.
• Jeremiah 31:3the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
• Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.
• Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
• Isaiah 49:10they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them, for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs of water will guide them.
• Psalms 23:2He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
• Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Commentaries on Isaiah 57:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18I have seen his ways - Probably these verses refer to the restoration of the Jews from captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18I have seen his ways - That is, either his ways of sin, or of repentance most probably it means the former; and the idea is, that God had seen how prone his people were to sin, and that he would now interpose and correct their proneness to sin against him, and remove from them the judgments which had been brought upon them in consequence of their crimes. And will heal him - That is, I will pardon and restore him. Sin, in the Scriptures, is often…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 The idols and their worshippers shall come to nothing; but those who trust in God's grace, shall be brought to the joys of heaven. With the Lord there is neither beginning of days, nor end of life, nor change of time. His name is holy, and all must know him as a holy God. He will have tender regard to those who bring their mind to their condition, and dread his wrath. He will make his abode with those whose hearts he has thus humbled, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18but I will heal him: Salvation is by God’s grace (see Isaiah 19:22; 30:26; 53:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Rather, "I have seen his ways (in sin), yet will I heal him," that is, restore Israel spiritually and temporally (Jr 33:6; 3:22; Ho 14:4, 5) [Horsley]. I will ... restore comforts unto him and to his mourners--However, the phrase, "his mourners," favors English Version; "his ways" will thus be his ways of repentance; and God's pardon on "seeing" them answers to the like promise (Is 61:2, 3; Jr 31:18, 20).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings