Isaiah 57:19
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.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:7and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.
Hosea 14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
Luke 10:5And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Acts 2:39For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
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 →