Isaiah 57:19

I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

In Context

18I saw his ways, and I healed him, and brought him back, and restored comforts to him, and to them that mourn for him.

20But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:7And he touched my mouth, and said: Behold this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquities shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be cleansed.

Jeremiah 33:6Behold I will close their wounds and give them health, and I will cure them: and I will reveal to them the prayer of peace and truth.

Hosea 14:5I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

Mark 16:15And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Luke 10:5Into whatsoever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house.

Acts 2:39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:18-21

The Divine Forbearance and Mercy. ( b. c. 706.) 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. 19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord ; and I will heal him. 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose… Read the whole commentary →

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