Isaiah 57:18

Sickness and healing Comfort Guidance and decisions Grief

¹⁶ For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

¹⁷ I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

¹⁹ bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

²⁰ But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
KJV: I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
WEB: I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
ASV: I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
DARBY: I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.
BLB: His ways I have seen, and I will heal him, and I will lead him and restore comforts to him and to his mourners,

ÅB: Hans veier har jeg sett, og jeg vil lege ham, og jeg vil lede ham og gi ham og hans sørgende trøst.
OTB: Jeg har sett hans veier, men jeg vil helbrede ham; jeg vil lede ham og gjenopprette trøst til ham og til hans sørgende,
B1930: Hans veier har jeg sett, og jeg vil læge ham, og jeg vil lede ham og gi ham og hans sørgende trøst.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
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Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
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Jeremiah 3:22
“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.
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Hosea 14:4–8
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
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Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
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Jeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
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Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
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