Isaiah 57:19
I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says the LORD; “and I will heal them.”
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In Context
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest and its waters cast up mire and mud.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:7He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
Jeremiah 33:6behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
Luke 10:5Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
Acts 2:39For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
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 →