Isaiah 57:13
When you cry out for help, let's see if your collection of idols will save you! The wind will blow them all away, just a breath and they're gone! But whoever comes to me for help will own the land and possess my holy mountain.
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In The King James Version
In Context
14He will say, Build a highway, remove anything that's in the way of my people.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I got to do with you? Go to your own prophets, those of your father and your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No—because it's the Lord who has brought these three kings here to hand them over to the Moabites!”
Psalms 1:4But it's not like that for the wicked! They are like chaff, blown away by the wind.
Psalms 37:9For the wicked will be destroyed, and those who trust in the Lord will take possession of the land.
Psalms 37:22Those who are blessed by God will own the land, but those he curses will die.
Psalms 37:34Trust in the Lord, and stay on his path. He will lift you up and give you the land to own. You will see when the wicked are destroyed.
Psalms 84:12Lord Almighty, how happy are those who trust in you.
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 →