Isaiah 57:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Isaiah 57:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I create the fruit of the lips - The Chaldee and Syriac render this, ‘The words of the lips.’ The ‘fruit’ of the lips is that which the lips produce, that is, words; and the reference here is dou...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  I create the (x) fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to [him that is] (y) far off, and to [him that is] near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. (x) That is, I frame the speech and words of my messeng...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  A Gracious Promise to the Party of the Pious. This oracle is modelled on Isaiah 40, though the way is figurative. Yahweh commands that the Way of His adherents be raised and freed from obstacles. H...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Peace, peace. Figure of speech Epizeuxis , for great emphasis. perfect peace (as in Isaiah 26:3 ), or great prosperity.

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  19. I create the fruit of the lips. This is an explanation of the former statement, or of the manner in which the Lord will give consolation to this people. It is, because he will promise an...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. I create the fruit of the lips - "The sacrifice of praise," sait...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I create the fruit of the lips, &c.— The meaning is, "that God would raise up at this time, by his grace, preachers of the pure and genuine Gospel;" who, after the example of the apostolic time...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. I create the fruit of the lips - i:e., thanksgivings, which...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  2. The peace of the grave is better than the condition of unrest under their rulers ( Isaiah 57:1 ). Shall enter.. shall rest] RV 'entereth.. rest.' 3, 5. Sons , etc.] i.e. descendants, perpet...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The fruit of the lips... — The words point primarily to the praise and thanksgiving of the pardoned penitent (comp. Hosea 14:2 ; Hebrews 13:15 ), but include also all true utterances of the wise...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9-12 ; Isaiah 57:1-21 ; Isaiah 58:1-14 ; Isaiah 59:1-21 IT was inevitable, as soon as their city was again fairly in sight, th...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  No Peace to the Wicked Isaiah 57:1-21 A terrible portrayal is given here of the idolatries and impurities into which the Chosen People had fallen. These scenes under “the oaks” (r.v.) and in th...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Because of the failure of these blind watchmen and drunken leaders, righteous men perish, while none lay it to heart. Moreover, the people have yielded to the evil influences of such leaders; "sons o...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Can there be a sweeter description than these words contain, of the graciousness of God, in his dealings, with sinners? The Lord corrects; the Lord hides his face; the Lord sends affliction. Wave fol...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I create the fruit of the lips ,.... Which is praise and thanksgiving, Hebrews 13:16 that is, give occasion of it, afford matter for it, by restoring comforts to the church and its mourners, as in...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 19. I create the fruit of the lips, ] i.e., I speak...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I create I will, by my almighty power, in a wonderful manner produce; the fruit of the lips Praise and thanksgiving, termed the fruit of the lips, Hosea 14:2 ; Hebrews 13:15 . God creates this...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Divine Forbearance and Mercy. B. C. 706.       17 For the iniquity of his covetousness w...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I create, I will by my almighty power and in a wonderful manner produce, the fruit of the lips; Peace: either, 1. Praise or thanksgiving, which is called the fruit of our lips , Hosea 14:2...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Yahweh Will Make A Way Back To Himself And Will Restore Those Whom He Chooses To Himself In Spite of Their Undeserving and Unresponsiveness ( Isaiah 57:14-21 ). They must remember that in spite of...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ABOUNDING SIN AND ABOUNDING GRACE Isaiah 57:17-19 . For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth, &c. The design of the Bible is twofold: first, to reveal man to himself, and, next, to r...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Isaiah 57:15-21 I. A contrite heart does not merely mean a broken heart; it means more. It means literally a heart crushed, a heart ground to powder. You can have no stronger word. It was this hea...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  A lament for the death of the righteous many of them put to death by persecution. Isaiah 57:1-2 . The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none cons...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaiah 57:1 . The righteous perisheth. This was written as a tribute, it would seem, to the memory of king Hezekiah, who was recently called from an earthly to a heavenly crown. He entered into pe...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

  For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity. A royal manifesto A royal manifesto win His character as Sovereign, God brings before us, and before His loyal subjects in every...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Isaiah 57:1 , Isaiah 57:2 THE EARLY DEATH OF RIGHTEOUS MEN ACCOUNTED FOR . The Hebrews were given to expect that long life should, as a general rule, accompan...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jehovah Grants Salvation and Peace to the Repentant. What the Lord had indicated at the end of the fast paragraph He now elaborates upon.

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Acts 10:36 ; Acts 2:39 ; Colossians 4:3 ; Colossians 4:4 ; Ephesians 2:14-17 ; Ephesians 6:19 ; Exodus 4:11 ; Exodus 4:12 ; Hebrews 13:15 ; Hosea...

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• Isaiah 57:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  I create — I will by my almighty power produce. Peace — That peace which is not wrought by mens hands, but only by God's lips or word. The doubling of the word signifies the certainty and abundance...

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