Isaiah 57:19

Creating the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him that is afar off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

Leeser Tanakh

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 [now] see his ways, and I will heal him; and I will guide him, and bestow full comforts on him and on his mourners;

20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can never be at rest, but its waters cast up mire and dirt.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:7And he touched therewith upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is departed, and thy sin is forgiven.

Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it healing and cure, and I will cure them, and I will display unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Hosea 14:5(14:6) I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall bloom as the lily; and he shall strike his roots as [the forests of] Lebanon.

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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