Isaiah 57:19
peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
18I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort;
20But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:7and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.
Jeremiah 33:6then will I make this house as Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of all the earth.
Hosea 14:5I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.
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 →