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Selected Verse: Isaiah 57:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 57:18 |
Strong Concordance |
I have seen [07200] his ways [01870], and will heal [07495] him: I will lead [05148] him also, and restore [07999] comforts [05150] unto him and to his mourners [057]. |
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King James |
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Rather, "I have seen his ways (in sin), yet will I heal him," that is, restore Israel spiritually and temporally (Jer 33:6; Jer 3:22; Hos 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 (Isa 61:2-3; Jer 31:18, Jer 31:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I 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 represented as a disease, and pardon and salvation as a healing of the disease (Ch2 7:14; Psa 41:4; Jer 3:22; Jer 17:4; Jer 32:6; Hos 14:4; see the notes at Isa 6:10).
And to his mourners - To the pious portion that mourned over their sin; or to the nation which would sigh in their long and painful captivity in Babylon. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mourners - To those who are humbled under God's hand, that mourn in Zion for their own and others sins. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I have seen his ways - Probably these verses refer to the restoration of the Jews from captivity. |
20 Is Ephraim [0669] my dear [03357] son [01121]? is he a pleasant [08191] child [03206]? for since [01767] I spake [01696] against him, I do earnestly [02142] remember [02142] him still: therefore my bowels [04578] are troubled [01993] for him; I will surely [07355] have mercy [07355] upon him, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
18 I have surely [08085] heard [08085] Ephraim [0669] bemoaning [05110] himself thus; Thou hast chastised [03256] me, and I was chastised [03256], as a bullock [05695] unaccustomed [03808] [03925] to the yoke: turn [07725] thou me, and I shall be turned [07725]; for thou art the LORD [03068] my God [0430].
2 To proclaim [07121] the acceptable [07522] year [08141] of the LORD [03068], and the day [03117] of vengeance [05359] of our God [0430]; to comfort [05162] all that mourn [057];
3 To appoint [07760] unto them that mourn [057] in Zion [06726], to give [05414] unto them beauty [06287] for ashes [0665], the oil [08081] of joy [08342] for mourning [060], the garment [04594] of praise [08416] for the spirit [07307] of heaviness [03544]; that they might be called [07121] trees [0352] of righteousness [06664], the planting [04302] of the LORD [03068], that he might be glorified [06286].
4 I will heal [07495] their backsliding [04878], I will love [0157] them freely [05071]: for mine anger [0639] is turned away [07725] from him.
5 I will be as the dew [02919] unto Israel [03478]: he shall grow [06524] as the lily [07799], and cast forth [05221] his roots [08328] as Lebanon [03844].
22 Return [07725], ye backsliding [07726] children [01121], and I will heal [07495] your backslidings [04878]. Behold, we come [0857] unto thee; for thou art the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
6 Behold, I will bring [05927] it health [0724] and cure [04832], and I will cure [07495] them, and will reveal [01540] unto them the abundance [06283] of peace [07965] and truth [0571].
10 Make the heart [03820] of this people [05971] fat [08080], and make their ears [0241] heavy [03513], and shut [08173] their eyes [05869]; lest they see [07200] with their eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with their ears [0241], and understand [0995] with their heart [03824], and convert [07725], and be healed [07495].
4 I will heal [07495] their backsliding [04878], I will love [0157] them freely [05071]: for mine anger [0639] is turned away [07725] from him.
6 And Jeremiah [03414] said [0559], The word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue [08058] from thine heritage [05159] that I gave [05414] thee; and I will cause thee to serve [05647] thine enemies [0341] in the land [0776] which thou knowest [03045] not: for ye have kindled [06919] a fire [0784] in mine anger [0639], which shall burn [03344] for [05704] ever [05769].
22 Return [07725], ye backsliding [07726] children [01121], and I will heal [07495] your backslidings [04878]. Behold, we come [0857] unto thee; for thou art the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
4 I said [0559], LORD [03068], be merciful [02603] unto me: heal [07495] my soul [05315]; for I have sinned [02398] against thee.
14 If my people [05971], which are called [07121] by my name [08034], shall humble [03665] themselves, and pray [06419], and seek [01245] my face [06440], and turn [07725] from their wicked [07451] ways [01870]; then will I hear [08085] from heaven [08064], and will forgive [05545] their sin [02403], and will heal [07495] their land [0776].