Isaiah 57:12
10 You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
11 Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
13 When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
- KJV
- I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
- WEB
- I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
- ASV
- I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
- DARBY
- I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
- BLB
- I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, and they will not profit you.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil kunngjøre din rettferdighet og dine gjerninger, og de skal ikke gagne deg.
- OTB
- Jeg vil avsløre din rettferdighet og dine gjerninger, og de vil ikke gagne deg.
- B1930
- Jeg vil kunngjøre din rettferdighet og dine gjerninger, og de skal ikke gagne dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
Read in contextRomans 3:10–20
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Read in contextMicah 3:2–4
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:11–15
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:4–11
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
Read in contextIsaiah 64:5
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
Read in contextIsaiah 59:6–8
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:2–6
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
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