Isaiah 57:13
When thou criest, let them that are gathered by thee deliver thee! But a wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall take them; but he that putteth his trust in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:13And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Not so, for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.
Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 37:9For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.
Psalms 37:22for those blessed of him shall possess the land, and they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:34Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].
Psalms 84:12Jehovah of hosts, blessed is the man that confideth in thee!
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:4-13
A Charge against the People. ( b. c. 706.) 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou… Read the whole commentary →