Isaiah 57:18

Sickness and healing Comfort Guidance and decisions Grief

¹⁶ For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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.

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 waters cast up mire and dirt.

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
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
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Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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Jeremiah 3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
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Hosea 14:4–8
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
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Jeremiah 31:3
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
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Jeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
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Isaiah 61:1–3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.
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