Isaiah 57:18

I have seen the drakhim of him, + 57:18 the wicked 1 and will heal him; I will lead him also, 1 and restore nichumim (comforts) 1 unto him and to his avelim (mourners). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

In Context

17For the avon (iniquity) of his covetousness 1 was I in wrath, and struck him; + 57:17 the wicked 1 I hid, and was in wrath, 1 and he + 57:17 the wicked went on shovav (backsliding) 1 in the derech of his lev (heart). 1

19I create the [repentant] fruit of the lips; 1 Shalom, shalom to him that is far off, 1 and to him that is near, saith Hashem; 1 and I will heal him. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 23:2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; 1 He leadeth me beside the mei menuchot (tranquil waters). 1

Ecclesiastes 9:4For to him that is joined to all the living there is bitachon; for a kelev chai (living dog) is better than an aryeh hamet (dead lion).

Isaiah 12:1And in Yom Hahu thou shalt say, 1 Hashem, I will praise Thee; 1 though Thou wast angry with me, 1 Thine anger is turned away, 1 and Thou comfortedst me. 1

Isaiah 30:26Moreover the ohr of the levanah (moon) shall be as the ohr of the chamah (sun), and the ohr of the chamah shall be sevenfold, as the ohr of shivat hayamim (seven days), in the day that Hashem bindeth up the hurt of His people, and healeth the stroke of His wound. 1

Isaiah 48:8Thou heardest not; thou had no da'as; 1 from of old, thine ozen (ear) was not opened; 1 for I knew that thou wouldest deal as a boged (treacherous betrayer), 1 and thou wast called a poshei'a (rebel, transgressor) from the beten + 48:8 i.e., birth; see Ps 51:5 (womb). 1

Isaiah 51:12I, even I, am He that comforteth you. 1 Who art thou, that thou shouldest fear enosh that shall die, 1 and ben adam which shall be made as khatzir (grass); 1

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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