Isaiah 57:14

He will say, 1 'Build, build! Clear a way! Remove all the stumbling blocks from the path of my people!'” 1

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In The King James Version

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

In Context

13When you cry out, let your collection of idols rescue you. 1 Instead the wind will carry them all away, a breath will carry them all away. 1 Yet he who takes refuge in me will inherit the land and will take possession of my holy mountain. 1

15For this is what the high and elevated One says, who lives eternally, whose name is holy, 1 “I live in the exalted and holy place, with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit, 1 to revive the spirit of the humble ones, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 35:8A highway will be there called The Holy Way. 1 The unclean will not travel it. But it will be for him who walks in it. 1 No fool will go on it. 1

Isaiah 49:11Then I will make all my mountains into a road, and make my highways level.” 1

Jeremiah 18:15Yet my people have forgotten me. They have made offerings to useless idols and been made to stumble in their paths; 1 they have left the ancient paths to walk lesser paths. 1

Romans 14:13Therefore, let us no longer judge one another, but instead decide this, that no one will place a stumbling block or a snare for his brother.

1 Corinthians 8:9But take care that your freedom does not become a reason for someone who is weak in faith to stumble.

1 Corinthians 10:32Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:14-17

Vanity of Idols; Divine Greatness and Condescension. ( b. c. 706.) 13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place,… Read the whole commentary →

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