Isaiah 57
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Isaiah 57:14-19

14And it will be saidH559, “1BuildH5549 upH5549, buildH5549 upH5549, prepareH6437 the wayH1870, RemoveH7311 every obstacleH4383 from the wayH1870 of My peopleH5971.”15For thisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the 2highH7311 and exaltedH5375 One Who 34livesH7931 foreverH5703, whose nameH8034 is HolyH6918, saysH559: “I 5dwellH7931 in a highH4791 and holyH6918 place, And also with the 6contriteH1793 and lowlyH8217 of spiritH7307 In order to 7reviveH2421 the spiritH7307 of the lowlyH8217 And to reviveH2421 the heartH3820 of the contriteH1792.16For I will 8not contendH7378 foreverH5769, 9NorH3808 will I alwaysH5331 beH7107 angryH7107; For the spiritH7307 would growH5848 faintH5848 beforeH4480H6440 Me, And the 10breathH5397 of those whom I have madeH6213.17Because of the wrongfulH5771 actH5771 of his 11unjustH1215 gainH1215 I wasH7107 angryH7107 and struckH5221 him; I hidH5641 My face and wasH7107 angryH7107, And he wentH1980 on 12turningH7726 awayH7726, in the wayH1870 of his heartH3820.18I have seenH7200 his waysH1870, but I will 13healH7495 him; I will 14leadH5148 him and 15restoreH7999 comfortH5150 to him and to his mournersH57,19CreatingH1254 the 1617praiseH5204 of the lipsH8193. 18PeaceH7965, peaceH7965 to him who is 19farH7350 awayH7350 and to him who is nearH7138,” SaysH559 the LordH3068, “and I will healH7495 him.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 57:14 Is 62:10; Jer 18:15 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 57:15 Is 52:13 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 57:15 Or dwells in eternity ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 57:15 Deut 33:27; Is 40:28 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 57:15 Is 33:5; 66:1 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 57:15 Ps 34:18; 51:17; Is 66:2 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 57:15 Ps 147:3; Is 61:1-3 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 57:16 Gen 6:3 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 57:16 Ps 85:5; 103:9; Mic 7:18 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 57:16 Is 42:5 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 57:17 Is 2:7; 56:11; Jer 6:13 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 57:17 Is 1:4; Jer 3:14, 22 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 57:18 Is 19:22; 30:26; 53:5 ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 57:18 Is 52:12 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 57:18 Is 61:1-3 ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 57:19 Lit fruit of the lips ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 57:19 Is 6:7; 51:16; 59:21; Heb 13:15 ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 57:19 Is 26:12; 32:17 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 57:19 Acts 2:39; Eph 2:17 ↩

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