Isaiah 57:13
When thou makest outcry, let thy gathered throngs deliver thee! But all of them, shall A wind, catch up—A breath, take away! Whereas he that seeketh refuge in me, Shall inherit the land, And possess my holy mountain.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12I, will expose thy righteousness,—And thy works—but they will not profit thee!
Cross References
2 Kings 3:13And Elisha said unto the king of Israel—What have I and thou in common? get thee unto the prophets of thy father, and unto the prophets of thy mother. But the king of Israel said to him—Nay! for Yahweh hath called together these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Psalms 1:4Not so, the lawless,—but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
Psalms 37:9For, evil doers, shall be cut off, but, as for them who wait for Yahweh, they, shall inherit the earth.
Psalms 37:22For, such as are blessed of him, shall inherit the earth, But, the cursed of him, shall be cut off.
Psalms 37:34Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.
Psalms 84:12O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who 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 →