Isaiah 57:13
When thou cryest, let them that thou hast gathered together deliuer thee: but the winde shall take them all away: vanitie shall pull them away: but he that trusteth in me, shall inherite the lande, and shall possesse mine holy Mountaine.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12I will declare thy righteousnes and thy workes, and they shall not profite thee.
Cross References
2 Kings 3:13And Elisha sayde vnto the King of Israel, What haue I to doe with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the King of Israel saide vnto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hande of Moab.
Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.
Psalms 37:9For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.
Psalms 37:22For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.
Psalms 37:34Waite thou on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.
Psalms 84:12O Lord of hostes, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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 →