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Isaiah 57:13
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.”
Isaiah 57:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
- English Standard Version (ESV)When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let’s see if your idols can save you when you cry to them for help. Why, a puff of wind can knock them down! If you just breathe on them, they fall over! But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”
Context of Isaiah 57:13
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? 12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you. When 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.” 15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Read all of Isaiah 57Isaiah 57:13 word by word
בְּזַֽעֲקֵךְ֙ יַצִּילֻ֣ךְ קִבּוּצַ֔יִךְ וְאֶת־כֻּלָּ֥ם יִשָּׂא־ר֖וּחַ יִקַּח־הָ֑בֶל וְהַחוֹסֶ֥ה בִי֙ יִנְחַל־אֶ֔רֶץ וְיִירַ֖שׁ הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When thou criestזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
- let thy companiesקִבּוּץqibbûts · collectionH6899
- deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
- thee; but the windרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307
- shall carry them all awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- vanityהֶ֫בֶלhebel hăbêl · vanityH1892
- shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- but he that putteth his trustחָסָהchâsâh · to seek refugeH2620
- in me shall possessנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
- the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and shall inheritיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: possessH3423
- my holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
Cross-references for Isaiah 57:13
- Isaiah 57:9You went to Molek with olive oil and increased your perfumes. You sent your ambassadors far away; you descended to the very realm of the dead!
- Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”
- 2 Kings 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.” “No,” the king of Israel answered, “because it was the Lord who called us three kings together to deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
- Jeremiah 22:22The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness.
- Zechariah 7:13“ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.
- Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
- Isaiah 41:16You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Job 21:18How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
- Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns— whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
- Hosea 13:3Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears, like chaff swirling from a threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.
- Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
- Psalms 84:12Lord Almighty, blessed is the one who trusts in you.
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
- Proverbs 28:25The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.
Commentaries on Isaiah 57:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Let thy companies deliver thee "Let thine associates deliver thee" - Thirty-nine MSS. (ten ancient) of Dr. Kennicott's, and two of my own, and the two oldest editions have יצילכו yatstsiluchu, plural.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13When thou criest - That is, when you are in trouble, and feel your need of help. Let thy companies deliver thee - The word used here (קבוּץ qibûts ) means, properly, “a gathering; a throng; a collection.” Here it refers either to the throngs of the idols which they had collected. and on which they relied; or to the collection of foreigners which they had summoned to their assistance. The idea is, that if people trust to other objects for aid than the arm…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. 13Your companies of idols … take them away: See study note on Isaiah 40:18. inherit the land: The Hebrew word translated land can also refer to the whole earth (see Psalms 25:13; 37:9, 11, 22, 29, 34; Matthew 5:5). My holy mountain: God's servants will enjoy his presence in Zion (see Isaiah 2:2; 56:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. When thou criest--In the time of thy trouble. companies--namely, of idols, collected by thee from every quarter; or else, of foreigners, summoned to thy aid. wind ... carry ... away--(Job 21:18; Mt 7:27). vanity--rather, "a breath" [Lowth]. possess ... land ... inherit--that is, the literal land of Judea and Mount Zion; the believing remnant of Israel shall return and inherit the land. Secondarily, the heavenly inheritance, and the spiritual Zion (Is…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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