Isaiah 57:13
When thou shalt cry, let thy companies deliver thee, but the wind shall carry them all off, a breeze shall take them away, but he that putteth his trust in me, shall inherit the land, and shall possess my holy mount.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:13And Eliseus said to the king of Israel: What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him: Why hath the Lord gathered together these three kings, to deliver them into the hands of Moab?
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
Psalms 37:9For the evildoers shall be cut off : but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.
Psalms 37:22For such as bless him shall inherit the land : but such as curse him shall perish.
Psalms 37:34Expect the Lord and keep his way : and he will exalt thee to inherit the land : when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.
Psalms 84:12For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
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 →