Isaiah 57:13
When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you, but the wind will take them. A breath will carry them all away, but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.”
World Messianic Bible British
In The King James Version
In Context
12I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother.” The king of Israel said to him, “No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Psalms 37:9For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land.
Psalms 37:22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Psalms 84:12LORD of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 57:4-13
A Charge against the People. ( b. c. 706.) 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, 5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou… Read the whole commentary →