New American Standard Bible 2020
Isaiah 57:18
18I have seen his ways, but I will 1heal him; I will 2lead him and 3restore comfort to him and to his mourners,
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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his 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.
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 those whom I have made. 17Because of the wrongful act of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was angry, And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners, 19Creating the praise of the lips. Peace, peace to him who is far away and to him who is 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 refuse and mud.
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דְּרָכָ֥יו רָאִ֖יתִי וְאֶרְפָּאֵ֑הוּ וְאַנְחֵ֕הוּ וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֧ם נִֽחֻמִ֛ים ל֖וֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 57:18
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let us debate your case,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They shall become as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.
- Isaiah 43:24You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather, you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your wrongdoings.
- Isaiah 48:8You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have certainly heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have disciplined me, and I was corrected, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.
- Ezekiel 16:60“Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
- Ezekiel 36:22“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “It is not for your sake, house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
- Luke 15:20So he set out and came to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
- Romans 5:20The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
- Jeremiah 3:22“Return, you 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 long ago, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness.
- Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I am going to bring to it healing and a remedy, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.
- Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, Because My anger has turned away from them.
- Isaiah 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them, And He will guide them to springs of water.
- Psalms 23:2He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
- Revelation 7:17for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order 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
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