Isaiah 57:12

Isaiah 57:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will declare your righteousness And your works, For they will not profit you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now I will expose your so-called good deeds. None of them will help you.

Context of Isaiah 57:12

10You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint. 11“Whom have you so dreaded and feared that you have not been true to me, and have neither remembered me nor taken this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me? I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you. 13When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.” 14And it will be said: “Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”

Isaiah 57:12 word by word

אֲנִ֥י אַגִּ֖יד צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְ וְאֶֽת־מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ וְלֹ֥א יוֹעִילֽוּךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will declareנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• thy righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• and thy worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
• for they shall not profitיָעַלya‛al · to gainH3276

Cross-references for Isaiah 57:12

• Isaiah 1:11“The multitude of your sacrifices— what are they to me?” says the Lord. “I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
• Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.
• Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
• Isaiah 64:5You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved?
• Isaiah 66:3But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;
• Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord!”
• Micah 3:2you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;
• Matthew 23:5“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;
• Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;
• Romans 10:2For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

Commentaries on Isaiah 57:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thy righteousness "My righteousness" - For צדקתך tsidkathech, Thy righteousness, the Syriac, Septuagint, MSS. Alex. and Pachom., and 1. D. II., and Marchal. and ̔ , and the Arabics read צדקי tsidki, My righteousness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I will declare thy righteousness - This is evidently spoken ironically. The sense is, you have devoted yourselves to idols, and you have sought the aid of foreigners. I will now announce to you the true nature of the deliverance which they can bring to you.‘ This is done in the following verse.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 The Lord here calls apostates and hypocrites to appear before him. When reproved for their sins, and threatened with judgments, they ridiculed the word of God. The Jews were guilty of idolatry before the captivity; but not after that affliction. Their zeal in the worship of false gods, may shame our indifference in the worship of the true God. The service of sin is disgraceful slavery; those who thus debase themselves to hell, will justly have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The Lord did not see the people's righteousness (Isaiah 59:16) as truly righteous.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. declare--I will expose publicly thy (hypocritical) righteousness. I will show openly how vain thy works, in having recourse to idols, or foreign alliances, shall prove (Is 57:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 57:12

• Idolatry
• Vanity
• Works

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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