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Isaiah 57:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. "
Isaiah 57:18
Verse in Context
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16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I always be angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls whom I have made.
17 I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
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Isaiah 57:1
"The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteous is taken away from the evil."
Isaiah 57:2
"He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness."
Isaiah 57:3
"“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes."
Isaiah 57:4
"Whom do you mock? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out your tongue? Aren’t you children of disobedience and offspring of falsehood,"
Isaiah 57:5
"you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?"
Isaiah 57:6
"Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion. They, they are your lot. You have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?"
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